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Originally Posted by Hops
Was just listening to the Smoking Tire podcast from a few weeks ago, and the the guest was talking if ev's could have a 'soul' like we ascribe to ICE cars. He said is was possible, and compared the Tesla model S to the Rimac electric supercar. The Rimac purposely has less sound insulation so you can hear the cooling pumps and electric motor. As the sound goes he says it's a far richer experience than the Tesla.
I think it's possible an EV could be a good sensory experience for us gear heads when gear heads are designing them.
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That may hint at further efforts. Something to make such a car be more mechanical-feeling, because ultimately a car gets you from here to there by mechanical means rather than by electronic transmission. More driver involvement would help as well, because part of what constitutes 'soul' has been the driver having to do things himself as opposed to expecting to have them all done for him.
Personally, I think that for 'soul' to exist in a car that it needs to be less refined rather than more so. More mechanical in the control over what it's doing. Otherwise, with more insulation between the driver and what's happening gradually morphs the experience into becoming a mobile video game. A fast video game to be sure, but a video game in just about every respect other than the difference between looking through a windshield at real life and looking at a picture of real life on a video screen surface.
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