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Originally Posted by TXCSSU
I actually lined up at a stoplight next to a V8 Challenger (had the SRT badge on the spoiler) the other day and had him by about 1/2 a car length to about 50. I didn't keep my foot into it as the speed limit was 45 and I was perfectly ok with trolling him to that speed knowing that he'd easily pull after about that speed. He really must've hated that I was able to keep up with him in my NISSAN LEAF up to that point because he felt he had to take it to near triple digits to the next light.
Point being that electric is the future. Sure the gas and oil companies have done all they can to try and convince us that it's not, and some people are still trying to fight a fight that's already been lost, but numbers don't lie. Having access to instant torque off the line, how is an ICE powered car supposed to compete? And this is coming from someone that has an LT4. I love my Camaro, and the driving experience that I get from it, but I know that it can't compete with many EVs out there. I'd rather Chevy knock it out of the park in the EV realm rather than linger behind everyone else in an attempt to keep the ICE alive. I'm sure some of the guys a little older than me can remind us of how it went when people were screaming that fuel injection would never replace a good ole carburetor.
I don't care how GM gets across the finish line first, whether it's ICE technology, EV technology, or unicorn fart dust. I just want them to make it across that finish line first.
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I don't care about instant torque off the line. I live in S AZ and I care about my A/C working in the late afternoon/early evening hours when all of these EV's come home and get plugged in. Anybody who thinks the electrical grid is/will be upgraded quickly enough to keep up with the PROJECTED increase in electrical demand is kidding themselves. Not to mention coal and gas will still be relied on for huge portions of what increases are achieved, making the whole ICE to EV thing kind of pointless. "Zero emissions at point of use" is not the same as Zero emissions, which is all the planet cares about.