{"id":23602,"date":"2026-06-21T04:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T02:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/how-europes-ev-makers-shrank-their-product-to-challenge-the-bloated-suvs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T02:37:30","slug":"how-europes-ev-makers-shrank-their-product-to-challenge-the-bloated-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/how-europes-ev-makers-shrank-their-product-to-challenge-the-bloated-suvs\/","title":{"rendered":"How Europe\u2019s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish \u2013 but require careful design decisions<\/p>\n

The winding backstreets of London, Paris and Rome are a large part of their charm. But they are also a problem for electric carmakers. For a long time, squeezing big batteries into smaller, cheaper cars to fit European streets was too much of a problem, so manufacturers focused on bloated SUVs<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

But that is finally changing. Battery technology has improved and Europe\u2019s carmakers havecut manufacturing costs enough that they can now sell cars that might have a chance of fitting down a medieval lane or two.<\/p>\n

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\nSmaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish \u2013 but require careful design decisions
\nThe winding backstreets of London, Paris and Rome are a large part of their charm. But they are also a problem for electric carmakers. For a long time, squeezing big batteries into smaller, cheaper cars to fit European streets was too much of a problem, so manufacturers focused on bloated SUVs instead.
\nBut that is finally changing. Battery technology has improved and Europe\u2019s carmakers havecut manufacturing costs enough that they can now sell cars that might have a chance of fitting down a medieval lane or two. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish \u2013 but require careful design decisions The winding backstreets of London, Paris and Rome are a large part of their charm. But they are also a problem for electric carmakers. For a long time, squeezing big batteries into smaller, cheaper cars to fit …<\/p>\n

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