Just because a car comes with an electric drive doesn’t automatically mean it’s more ecological. Compare your electric SUV with an electric small car or something the size of a Golf (with electric drive). An SUV usually has a greater weight than a "standard" car but still no more usable space (trunk, etc.). No one can really compare an SUV (almost no storage space) to a (VW) bus (a lot of storage space). Those are completely different usage scenarios. (6.5l with environmentally conscious and slow driving is not really little. I hope we are talking about gasoline and not diesel, because that would be a lot)
We need to slowly get away from the (USA-inspired) trend of always wanting to drive bigger cars. Often one size smaller is enough.
But it works very well if people then drive alone to work in a VW bus. Then the VW bus transports just as much as an SUV but consumes more diesel. I quickly googled:
"Within city limits
the T6.1 Multivan consumes 8.7 liters, outside city limits 7.4 liters, and on the highway even 10.4 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers."
And how often do you use the full space of the VW bus? Twice a year? Altogether it certainly consumes more diesel per person than an SUV.
And this “don’t buy an electric SUV” talk is simply nonsense. In the worst case, you say okay, then I’ll continue driving my diesel. Is that the better solution? I would continue to drive an SUV and if it should be an electric SUV, currently the Skoda Enyaq iv 80 or the VW ID.4 are at the top. Switching to an e-Golf is not an option for me, since at 1.90m height and heavy bones :) I don’t want to squeeze into something like that.
I would rather promote that people buy an electric car at all. Whether it is ultimately an SUV or a small car should be up to them.