Should be viewed as obsolete? According to what metric? Inbound well-intentioned rant, but, before jumping: I have an EV (amongst other cars; I have a problem) and have installed a level 2 charger at home. An older Model 3 RWD. I'm not against them at all.

It's just that infrastructure has not caught up to EVs yet and won't until governmentally mandated. And that's going to take a much bigger push from people than the money keeping the oil flowing. My point is that, in most dense cities, the people that would be interested in a micro car like this do not live in a place that accommodates EV charging. You're then asking them to pay with their time to go sit in a parking lot somewhere to charge. People often vote with their time before their money - it's the only truly finite commodity in life.

EVs won't make sense for the masses until one of a couple things happens. Either charging needs to be at home or charging speed needs to match or outpace refueling a gas or hybrid car. The first simply isn't going to happen in corporate or landlord-owned properties unless there's a price for not doing it. Government is largely not ready to mandate that in a lot of places. The Chinese are really close on the ultra fast charging, with cars that charge in minutes, but I wouldn't expect them and their accompanying infrastructure to market with enough penetration for another maybe 5-10 years, if they maintain a safe track record. And that's in the places that don't outright say no to Chinese EVs like the US.

Then there's the problem with batteries themselves. Yes, the chemistry has been cleaned up quite a bit so that detractors cannot just say the mining alone causes more emissions than an equivalent gasoline car. Usually. But it's still not great. And there's not a good solution yet for what happens with EVs (out of warranty) with failed batteries. They're basically worthless because the cost of a new pack in many cases exceeds the value of the vehicle. They will go to the junkyard faster than gas cars until batteries can survive more recharges and time. They turn tens of thousands of dollars of investment into a financial liability overnight when the electrons no longer choose to flow. Many consumers cannot afford that risk. Gasoline cars are typically cheaper to fix right now and a safer investment. Battery chemistry is getting better all the time, but the generational change that would actually make EVs a no brainer for all hasn't happened yet. Here's hoping for something big like zinc-air working out.

Finally, there's also issues with crashed EVs. Sure, both gasoline and battery fires are scary. And fire departments now have training in putting out EV fires. But what happens with the cars afterwards? In a gas car you drain the tank and you're done. Take the gas to a local recycling center that handles auto fluids. EVs take careful dismantling. You have to be even more careful if the pack is compromised. Transporting a compromised pack for recycling? HAZMAT level: extreme. Yes, packs have come a long way, separating themselves into isolated lower voltage cells when a pyro fuse blows, and that's a good start for safety. But even if the pack is not compromised, what do you do with it? You can't just shelve it indefinitely until someone needs the pack because if even an individual cell goes too low that can make it cost-prohibitive to fix and reuse. And most people are going to want a new pack anyways. Use it for home energy storage for solar? Would be cool if the auto makers supported that, but every battery has a different BMS that some internet electro-nerd needs to figure out first because the auto companies sure aren't helping. And if you're installing an auto battery as home storage, does it meet code? Sure, you can park the car in your garage and that's ok, but in a fixed installation it's a fire hazard according to some. Somehow the safety jury is still out on this one.

We're at the cusp of change, but unless "should" in your comment meant "for moral purposes alone" then I don't see it. Practicality has to catch up. Celebrate your hybrid brothers and sisters for the electric miles they do drive. When they can practically make the switch they will.