{"id":40601,"date":"2023-01-18T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40601"},"modified":"2023-01-18T00:00:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T05:00:40","slug":"evs-will-make-suvs-go-extinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40601","title":{"rendered":"EVs Will Make SUVs Extinct According To Citroen Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though the vast majority of the car buying public these days seems to be leaning towards SUVs, pushing such vehicles popularity ever higher, some top industry execs say this won\u2019t continue as vehicles become electric. In fact, Citroen CEO Vincent Cob\u00e9e belives the SUV\u2019s demise has already begun, even though this is contradicted by cold, hard sales numbers.<\/p>\n

Cob\u00e9e spoke to AutoExpress and said that even though crossovers and SUVs have accounted for almost 50 percent of all new car sales in Europe in recent years, he still believes this isn\u2019t sustainable and won\u2019t last. He says SUVs biggest Achilles\u2019 heel is their aerodynamics, which means they require more energy than a sedan.<\/p>\n

This, of course, has a negative impact on range numbers, which are hugely important in electric car buyers\u2019 eyes. He points to the new e-C4<\/a>, which replaces a traditional hatchback yet is a slightly tall coupe-like fastback model – it rides taller than a traditional car, but nowhere near as tall as some crossovers and SUVs, and he says it\u2019s all the better for it.<\/p>\n

And there are more cars that aren\u2019t quite crossovers (especially among EVs), like the Hyundai<\/a> Ioniq 5<\/a>, Kia<\/a> EV6<\/a> or the Jaguar<\/a> I-Pace<\/a>, yet are called crossovers in order to make them appealing to those looking for that specific type of vehicle. This approach has the benefit of also attracting buyers who are trying to avoid buying a taller vehicle.<\/p>\n

Cob\u00e9e said that \u201cthe world of SUVs is done\u201d even though \u201cnumbers are not telling me I\u2019m right.\u201d He goes on to explain that in the not too distant future it will come down to battery capacity – SUVs need more of it to match their sedan counterparts\u2019 range, and if taxes will be imposed on EVs based on their battery size, then he believes that will expedite the SUV\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n

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He added that \u201cpeople will start limiting weight and battery sizes, either through tax, through incentives, through regulation, through naming and shaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, there is certainly risk in moving away from SUVs today when the market still demands them and the CEO\u2019s views may not end up ultimately reflected in company policy. Citroen<\/a> also seems to not be interested in making large EVs with big batteries – all Citroen-badged EVs today draw from a 50 kWh battery pack and we know of no plans for anything that would need a larger battery than that.<\/p>\n

In fact, Citroen\u2019s latest concept gives a glimpse at the manufacturer\u2019s near-future philosophy for developing its EVs. The Oli study<\/a> (pictured above) has lots of off-roader design cues, but it\u2019s actually envisioned as a small city runabout with a focus on keeping its weight down – think of it like an Ami on steroids and a glimpse of the kind of vehicles it might put into production in coming years.<\/p>\n

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Even though the vast majority of the car buying public these days seems to be leaning towards SUVs, pushing such vehicles popularity ever higher, some top industry execs say this won\u2019t continue as vehicles become electric. In fact, Citroen CEO Vincent Cob\u00e9e belives the SUV\u2019s demise has already begun, even though this is contradicted by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40602,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40601","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}