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There is now room for an entrant to come in and sell cars. [ . . . ] Dodge announced no more ICE vehicles. Corporate suicide.

1, Cars that you picture have been regulated out of existence. Regs effectively require electronic rear view cameras, traction control, an assortment of air bags, high profiles, etc. 2026 regs call for 50 mpg. No ICE car worth having that meets safety and emission regs can do that.

2. The car manufacturers see that Red China by diktat, and EU and the USA by ever creeping regs, are making electric cars mandatory. Complaining about it won't let them keep market share in the new system.

3. DODGE is not discontinuing all ICE vehicles. The CHRYSLER BRAND is. Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler's model line are often confused. Chrysler brand has all of two vehicles, the Pacifica minivan and the 300. The 300 is half killed off anyway. That said, Stellantis IS killing off the high powered V-8's for Dodge, Jeep and Dodge Trucks/RAM. I would describe that as more of a homicide than a suicide.

Gubbermint at its best.

So you can buy a Smart car, because it's so safe (sarc) and efficient with one (1) person or maximum two (2) in it getting 30 MPG, but the big family carrying six (6) people in a modern SUV getting 21 MPG is out of the regulations which some government bureaucracy dreamed up. The SUV which is todays modern station wagon for the family of the past, is it really so much less efficient when you look at fuel consumption per mile per person?

What is the lifespan of a Suburban? What is the lifespan of a Smart car or a Tesla? Is that factored in, the massive amount of energy going into manufacturing a vehicle and how long they last? Are these new “zero emission” cars (powered by coal, gas and nuclear) so much cleaner because they have no exhaust pipe and we measure pollution only at the exhaust pipe?

Do I have that right?

Government, always thinking for the people. by following the science “For the greater good.”