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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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There are couple of problems with EVs:
Other than that, yeah, they might be superior to an ICE cars.
Ps. I wouldn't be caught dead in Tesla. Fuck Mussk
Most of these things are issues with all modern cars, not necessarily specific to EVs...
Unfortunately true.
But if the EVs are the future they should be a positive trend setter instead they are the reason it went the other way. I feel we took a giant leap backwards with all the LCDs, cheap panels, cheap plastics, lack of design, etc... EVs did it to minimise the cost and the rest just followed. Prices did not go down. I call that enshittification.
"Nobody wants to buy our cars anymore"... yeah, no shit... And what they do? Make them even more shitty and cheap...
Just look at the fucking Ferrari... I owned Fiat that looks better than that.
I'm just glad the trend of designing electric cars to look like toys is mostly gone. Finally they look like regular cars
It sounds like you have never experienced an EV. Or even seen one.
Rivian makes some of the most unique looking vehicles on the road.
EVs have more storage, especially isolated compartmenta for dirty or wet things, etc
Have you ever seen a lucid do smoky tire donuts?
Have you ever ridden in a PLAID?
Your points are pretty weak
My points are important to me. I don't do donuts on my way to work, I don't need isolated compartments for dirty or wet things, I don't need more storage than average. Your points are weak.
I drive an EV for work, haven't got enough charging facilities there so I fast charge it at a local supermarket. Takes about an hour, I get to have a break and a cup of tea. It's an iveco, they're pretty unreliable but I've heard good things about other manufacturers. And it drives lovely. I do like having an ice in my car, and will for a long time as electrics are way more than I can afford.
Supermarket rapid chargers tend to be 50kW while the ones on motorways are jup to 400kW - 8 times as fast. Just something to know if thinking about long journeys.