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Problem is it is a win for poor people and the people who do the economy or trends move are rich and they do so only because it would make them richer.
Also, we are very few to not indulge in "what is cool".
There is not a lot of black sheeps in the pack.
(being a black sheep also being a way to be cool anyway)
So, companies (or people) market products to make money. There are not a lot of people who would sacrifice the comfort of running with the pack to be eco-friendly wich in the end means small batch of said vehicle hence higher cost to build those.
So you end up with a vehicle that is almost as good as a Geo Metro conveniency wise, maybe more efficient FE wise and will cost fairly more.
I say this is not a good business (otherwise it would run already) unless there is a political willingness to make it run.
In Japan they have those Kei cars (small and less than 660 cm3), if it hasn't been a mandatory setup, you would never had seen one.
What we need is the politics indulge in long term strategy and create a concept that allow people to gain money out of their un-usual vehicles.
Like detax bicycles, electric cars, positive housing or whatever comes to mind.
(it's on its way in a number of countries already)
BUT we need them to go deeper in the concept and reward more the hardcore ecologist because they are a living add.
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