Futurology

Renault Zoe, dacia spring, and a number of those crap-on-wheels that teens can drive. Depends how cheap you want it and how much you “don’t care about range”.

Plug-in hybrid is also a thing.

Exactly. No point having these fantastic new vehicles if they are all priced as luxury. They need to work from the bottom up. Cheap small and for those that just need to commute into work and go shopping. Don't need a massive suv for like 99% of people

The BYD Seagull sells for $11,300, but that's in China.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2023/04/28/could-shanghais-little-byd-seagull--be-the-electric-car-europe-needs/