{"id":40490,"date":"2023-01-16T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40490"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:00:31","slug":"will-evs-kill-the-suv-ci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40490","title":{"rendered":"Will Electric Vehicles Kill the SUV? Citroen Boss Thinks So"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW really leaned hard into the whole SUV thing. When BMW first introduced the E53 X5<\/a>, its first-ever SUV, the enthusiast fanbase lost its collective mind. Fans felt that BMW needed to remain a sedan\/wagon and coupe manufacturer, not an SUV maker. Since then, though, BMW has almost become more of an SUV company than anything else. And it\u2019s hard to blame BMW because it\u2019s making shiploads of cash. However, that time might be coming to an end, at least if Citroen boss Vincent Cob\u00e9e is on to something.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world of SUVs is done,\u201d Cob\u00e9e told Auto Express<\/em><\/a>. Despite him admitting that sales numbers don\u2019t back up his claim in the slightest, Cob\u00e9e feels that the current trend of tall EV sedans and wagons will eliminate the need for SUVs. More importantly, he feels that aerodynamics will play a huge factor in the death of the SUV.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a battery EV, if your aerodynamics are wrong, the penalty in terms of range is massive,\u201d he said. And he does sort of have a point. The taller a vehicle is, the harder it is to make it aerodynamic. However, there have been some SUVs with fantastic coefficients of drag, like the BMW iX<\/a> and Tesla Model X<\/a>. However, there\u2019s no question that something smaller and sleeker can be made more aerodynamic.<\/p>\n

Cob\u00e9e also mentions weight, though. There\u2019s a chance that governments start taxing customers and automakers more, based on the weight of their vehicles. And weight does make a huge difference in range. Weight is far more of a range killer than aero. So how do brands get around the weight and tax issues of SUVs? Stop making them, I guess.<\/p>\n

The problem is that the public still really likes SUVs, regardless of what car enthusiasts think. Sure, public perception is changing a bit, with big SUVs becoming symbols of pollution and environmental harm. But they still sell more than smaller cars, so perception isn\u2019t changing very quickly.<\/p>\n

I think most enthusiasts hope that Cob\u00e9e is right, though. SUVs are less fun to drive, worse looking, and less efficient than smaller cars. So if EVs kill the SUV, old-school car enthusiasts might actually warm to them.<\/p>\n

[Source: Auto Express]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW really leaned hard into the whole SUV thing. When BMW first introduced the E53 X5, its first-ever SUV, the enthusiast fanbase lost its collective mind. Fans felt that BMW needed to remain a sedan\/wagon and coupe manufacturer, not an SUV maker. Since then, though, BMW has almost become more of an SUV company than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}