On 21 May 2026 at 12:43, Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote:

> I'd caution against too much optimism on your part. Stellantis dangled an
> EV version of the RAM pickup to the US market not long ago, then spiked
> the program without ever going into production. 

Thanks for the warning.  For sure, they could yet wuss out.  Or politics or 
economics could intervene.

But Europe is not the US when it comes to vehicle preferences.  Even though 
the automakers push their bloaty SUVs very hard, Europeans still like small, 
lower cost cars too.  In ICEVs, the top two 2025 sellers were B-segment cars.

I really don't see much US demand for EV pickups, so I'm not surprised that 
Stella slammed the Ram (the lama ding-dongs).  

However, there's decent European buyer interest in low-cost, small EVs.  Last 
year sales of Renault 5, Citroen EC3, and Dacia Spring added up to over 75k.  
That's not stellar, just a bit more than the Tesla Y alone, but it appears 
that there's some room at the EV low end.  And there's a lot more EV 
competition in the C and D segments.  So - fingers crossed.

David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey

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