In the narrow lanes and modest budgets where Japanese daily life unfolds, Suzuki has introduced the e Sky — an electric minivehicle capable of traveling 310 kilometers on a single charge, aimed not at converts already drawn to electrification, but at the far larger population of ordinary drivers still loyal to gasoline. The announcement, made Monday with a planned launch before March, reflects a deeper question the auto industry is quietly wrestling with: not whether electric vehicles can impress, but whether they can feel familiar enough to be trusted. Suzuki's answer is rooted in decades of