Comment by gcanyon
5 days ago
EVs are going to be an extinction-level event for carmakers.
As the buggy-makers failed to transition to making cars, and thus ceased to be, so too will automakers fail to transition to EVs, and thus end their viability as vehicle manufacturers.
Right? Have any of the execs making these decisions ever ridden in an EV? They are so much better that the experience I've seen is no one will ever go back to preferring ICE after spending time with an EV. My family currently has 2 ICE vehicles (one is a PHEV). I really doubt we'll buy another.
The week I spent renting an EV (an Ioniq 5, so not even a high-end one) convinced me. Enjoyable to drive. Having to figure out where/how to charge it was sufficient to chase away the fears around that.
I had an EV for 6 months about 2 years ago and went back to an ICE car happily, it will be a long time before I try again
> EVs are going to be an extinction-level event for carmakers.
Agreed. It is exceptionally rare for a consumer to purchase one EV and then buy ICE as their next vehicle. I have owned EVs for more than 10 years. There is no going back.
It's not though: https://www.wardsauto.com/news/consumers-turn-back-to-ice-EY...