Some people like to ride horses.
Some people find that electric cars work for them. That's great. Do what you want to do.
The sanctimoniousness is what's tiresome, because it's completely misplaced.
drive whatever you want, just SHUT UP for a change.
That and it doesn't support his argument whatsoever. Yes, you have to fill a gas or diesel car's tank every time it's empty. But you still have to fill an EV with electricity when it's empty and just because it's a (supposedly since electric cars have been around well over a hundred years.) new way of doing it doesn't make the basic need to fuel it any different.
Allen has a valid point. THE val;id point since it'd be the deciding factor for the magority of buyers, especially those that aren't going to make a change because the don't want to change the way "it's always been done" which is most people in the real world.
If I still lived in the GTA, my last buying sojourn may have been a Focus EV but not here. I also still like driving and as a carguy enjoy the sounds and tactile feelings associated with driving. My point with that last being that it affects m,y decision more so then the "masses" since most people say outright they hate driving and a car is just an appliance. the thing is, even people that consider a car an appliance have to be CONVINCED to buy an EV since again, it's the way they've always done it. So if THEY have to be convinced, then it's even more so for those of us who LIKE cars and driving them.
I was watching a youtube thingo the other day when looking into the Hellcats eating their driveshafts. It was a race between a Tesla and a Hellcat done from the Tesla owner's view and meant top be condescending and snarky as the guy apparently goes to drag strips and feeds his ego buy proving some weird point over and over again. Okay fine, the Tesla is usually faster but watching this from the cam he had on the Tesla, my first thought was how boring it seemed. then they show the Hellcat. And yeah, it shredded the driveshaft before getting very far but man was it ecver entertaining just leading up to that moment. It made all the RIGHT SOUNDS, at least for a carguy and for many of us that's as much a part of it as any.
Yes, the Tesla is faster, but it's made it boring. I do wonder too how many of these people drive Teslas and come from a non carguy background and suddenly are doing these acceleration runs with zero experience on how to drive any car, let alone something this powerful. yes, there are plenty of performance car driven by idiots who can't handle them but I like to think the people that buy them are at least car enthusiasts in most cases so actually care about driving properly. So i wonder if some of the Tesla crashes might be due to people that can't handle them merely due to the fact that they just aren't very good "drivers" period? After all, these are also the same people that get Teslas because they have Autopilot.
I can't use the power of even a slightly powerful car in Police State Ontario (Where we have "STREEEEET RAAAAYYYYYCING!!!!!" laws that basically give the cops the right to take your car whether you did anything or not. Police State law because you're guilty until proven innocent and even if found innocent don't get reimbursed for you lawyer's fees, driver's license suspension, car impoundment, etc.) so owning a car in which it's only entertainment value is illegal, i'd prefer something that snorts and makes noise and entertains me without necessarily risking my license. Yes, to the EV extremists it's "old fashioned" but most carguys to some extent are. It's part of the disease.
And yes, I also have tongue firmly in cheek.
Back on subject. Both the current Leaf and the Focus EV (and the Soul EV for that matter) are totally outclassed by the Ioniq and the Bolt.
This is usually what happens in a fast evolving market. Usually the latest product release is the best. Eventually things will level out, but not yet.
i would buy a Bolt well before I'd consider a tesla. I do see that Ford is rumoured to be upping the range of the Focus and if they want it to stay competitive, they will have too along with Nissan with the Leaf.
