I 100% agree with you on having a decent transport network; Navigating your way around London on the tube is an absolute doddle.

I think you're also on point about America leading the EV design specs with ever increasing ranges and costs when what we need in europe is a smaller, more agile vehicle with maybe a 100-mile range for navigating narrow streets and a 4-mile cross town commute.

Solving the riddle of 21st Century transportation though I see as more of a process design problem than a product one. Our cities are built around out-dated 20th Century paradigms that need a rethink as we expand.

The WFH movement is a good start in relocating appropriate workers to the suburbs which will help regenerate village shops. I have a local deli that set up just prior to the pandemic and has done a roaring trade ever since because it turns out suburban WFHers still want to go out and buy a coffee and pastry as a treat. The amount of micro-pubs and cafes that have sprang up since is startling and they're always busy.

Empty offices can be repurposed into vertical farms. This has already been proven to work as they have ample water and electricity supplies. This creates more local jobs (easier to commute to given less people going into town for work) and also creates more local produce, cutting down on the need to transport food cross-country.