“If it could recharge in any gas station in three minutes, this car would score about 110,” said Jake Fisher, head of auto testing for Consumer Reports. Fisher called the car’s performance in the magazine’s performance tests “off the charts.”
Mine and my wife’s EV (Hyundai Ioniq 5) and gas powered pickup (old small Ford truck) both do well and what they’re designed for. It’s a shame the Dims won’t let folks decide their car of choice on the free market.
EVs have great acceleration, which is a buzz.
Because the public wants speed, the car companies have been encouraged to tune the engines for 0-60 performance rather than fuel mileage.
By now we could have cars that got 50+ miles/gallon, but those cars would be sluggish by the average American's standards. So instead we have Camry's that still hover under 30 miles/gallon.
The good news is that we now have cupholders, entertainment systems, and temperature-controlled seats for those passengers in the back seats.
The celebrity CEO isn't dumb. He will tell you that he can give a reporter an all expense paid trip somewhere for a week with an escort/stripper that costs the CEO $20K and he will get 30-40 stories worth 1000 times that amount over the course of a couple of years.