It always comes down to them not growing in popularity as fast as predicted (or, perhaps, hoped for), but certainly not ever decreasing in popularity by any amount.
When exactly did acceleration become synonymous with "fun to drive" anyway? A friend had a '68 Mustang until a tree fell on it a few years ago. So he got himself a new Mustang. When I asked him how he liked it he said, "Well it's really fast, but I can't get it to do anything."Eventually for my 2nd car I will be able to choose an EV that's fun to drive in a manner other than it being fast off the line.
People do stuff on the road that ticks me off too. Especially, tailgating (I've been rear-ended twice due to someone else messing up badly).some ass in a junkbox will piss you off
Not to say my next daily driver won't be electric, but my current "toy" car, a Jeep Wrangler with a manual, will not disappear from my garage when I replace my daily driver, even if the replacement is electric. I can totally understand the desire to have a quick little roadster that you can change gears and run it through its paces without getting to "kill me" speed in less than 2 seconds... I'd love to have an Ariel Atom as my "toy" instead of the Jeep, except for what you see in my reply to @Kent88 below--it would not end well on several levels.Look like my next car won't be electric. I'm aiming for a Z4 soon, with a manual. Maybe in a decade or so they'll exist in electric. Or that new MG will come stateside. Or the new MR2 will eventually exist and also not actually be priced as a Boxster competitor. Or the Tesla roadster will drop to 1/4 the price. Or the Caterham will sell outside the UK. Miata goes electric. The GR86 or BRZ do. etc. Eventually for my 2nd car I will be able to choose an EV that's fun to drive in a manner other than it being fast off the line.
If I replace my X3 in the next 5 - 10 years it'll almost certainly be an electric. But the little fun cars available thus far are unfortunately a figment of my imagination.
Crazy top speed and acceleration is wasted on today's roads. The Volt I just traded off, this Bolt, and my current Jeep all have sport modes. How often do you think I get to use them? Almost never. They're useless.
And that can attract a certain bit of legal attention that I'd prefer to avoid lol...
I've realized that I shouldn't own fast cars. It's not that I can't handle them... It's that I want to stretch their legs...
You're a Taylor Swift fan? Really, no idea what you're saying.I don’t want to say it and jinx myself, but… you guys can assume.
wow, that's barely better quality than the bigfoot photos...
Does anyone know why Chevy stopped making the Bolt? Seemed like a good option for commuters. My neighbor has one and is very satisfied w his.
This is an insult to 99% of all the Boy Scouts who ever built a Pinewood Derby car.It reminds me of the pinewood derby cars from Boy Scouts.
Before you buy, @Airborneguy, (hey, a poem!) have a look at this: cybertruck bricked by carwash?
If you want people to stare at you, a face tattoo is cheaper.I’m starting want one…
Two cuts, no mas.This is an insult to 99% of all the Boy Scouts who ever built a Pinewood Derby car.
“The developments in battery technology are still so fast and developing so quickly,” said Jeff Dodds, the Formula E CEO. “The internal combustion engine is over 100 years old. So they are at the limits of the capability of that technology. We’re nowhere near that.”