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Originally Posted by Number 3
We are still years from that many EVs on the road. Even when the market is 80% EV around 2030 if Ford, GM and others meet their commitments we will still have 200 million ICE vehicles on the road so 2050 before we would be all EV.
Does anyone on this site actually believe nothing will change in 30 years? No better batteries, charging or infrastructure?
I remember working at the proving grounds one February day when an engineer rolled up in the bay next to me in EV1. I asked what was the range on a cold day like today. “About 15 miles” he said.
Not clear, who is trying to make it so you can’t drive your car. I’ve experienced nothing like this.
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I think the concern here is that GM has stated that they are going all EV, which means certain death of the ICE based Camaro and a Corvette that is now out of reach for many due to pricing. Dodge has stated the future of their brand is emuscle, Ford may have one more ICE based Mustang. Sure there will be used examples of performance based ICE cars but they will probably climb in cost and then the fear of not being able to get parts, etc.
It would be one thing if this push for EVs was on typical commuter cars or even the luxury segment but to abandon performance based ICE based vehicles when there is still a large enthusiast market seems extreme.
I own both a Tesla and ZL1. There is an emotional connection and deeper level of driving engagement that you get from a performance based ICE vehicle. I have more fun driving my ZL1 and Miata than the Tesla.