[cmitchell17]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

Despite being a latecomer to the world of muscle and sports cars, I wouldn't want the kind of electric car that is being popularized today. It's kind of strange and sad how the electric drivetrain is coupled with a whole slew of unrelated "features", which turns me off as a driver in such cars. I grew up witnessing the rise and fall of personal computers, lived through the time of the promise they originally meant and abhor the current dystopian trends the industry has been following lately. Software is eating the world, alas, not in a primarily good way, and cars are no exception.

If the Camaro were electrified in a way that allows us to retain control over our own car and its customizability, if it provides the best of both worlds (gas and electric) by, say, adding two front wheel electric motors in a dynamic AWD configuration to a rear wheel drive based drivetrain and an even more powerful V8, then yes, I may be interested.

If, however, it becomes yet another fully big brother-ish, remotely monitored and controlled appliance with nothing but a giant touch screen in the middle because that is "cool", no engine sound, no distinctive features, zero uniqueness, mandatory intrusive electronic drive assists (because let's face it, the driving skills or lack thereof of people who can easily buy sub-3 second 0-60 AWD electric cars today will soon become a liability), then I say why bother, I'll keep my 2018 as long as it runs. Just look at the new electric "Mustang", can anyone even remember any feature of that car apart from the taillights.

(Note that this is all in the context of muscle and sports cars, not family haulers or trucks or other everyday purpose vehicles.)

You are exactly right, no one seems to care about this. People think, oh well we can easily tweak the software on EV's and make them faster. That for sure won't be happening in a world full of do gooders and their driveless car fantasies.

Look at how much control a tesla has over you, think about how much "personal" info it is collecting about you. Of course tesla dosen't get scrutinized or in trouble for this since they are "doing so much good for the world" and "fighting evil corporations" that have a "consipracy with big oil".