Unsold electric vehicles are piling up – people like the idea but are not buying them::The U.S. supply of unsold EVs on dealer lots has swelled 350 per cent so far this year

  • LrdThndr@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Most of your points are valid, except this one:

    They suck to drive, so enthusiats don’t want them.

    Want to know how I know you’ve never driven an EV? You’re just 100% wrong here.

    Ive been researching and preparing to buy an EV for a while, so I’ve driven a few, and every single one absolutely blew ICE cars away in terms of acceleration, power, control, and raw speed. I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that I nearly blacked out from the acceleration when a Ford sales guy floored an F150 lightning from a dead stop to show me how powerful it was. Clearly a career as a fighter pilot is out for me.

    Tesla, Kia, Hyundai… every one has had incredible acceleration with zero transmission hesitation - because they don’t have one. It’s just raw torque from the top of the pedal to the bottom.

    • Blamemeta@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      Im not talking numbers, Im talking about the feel. And I have, a Tesla Model S. Thing got off the line, but somehow it made it mundane. No excitement, no noise, no changing gears, no finding the power band. Just “you’re at 75 mph now”

      And going through the corners feels awful, which I guess isn’t inherent to EVs, but I feel the need to mention it.