EVs and In Gear Acceleration vs ICE
Discussion
cerb4.5lee said:
740EVTORQUES said:
cerb4.5lee said:
I think it just depends on how you're brought up, and both my daughters aged 8 and 16 still love cars with engines. However I guess that I'm to blame for that though! Neither of them would entertain anything electric, although I definitely do agree that times are changing for sure though.
Electric is seen as cool nowadays I think(whereas in my head I see electric as being dull mostly), and the internal combustion engine is generally seen as the enemy now I think for most folk in comparison.
I think you’re overestimating how much influence parents have. I always had a garage with at least a Caterham (which I built), a mid engined sportscar plus a V6 or V8 coupe as a daily driver, it’s more to do with peers and how they as a group view the world. As a generation they’re very switched on to environmental issues.Electric is seen as cool nowadays I think(whereas in my head I see electric as being dull mostly), and the internal combustion engine is generally seen as the enemy now I think for most folk in comparison.
She doesn't seem to give a monkeys about the environment for some reason, but don't get me wrong though, a big part of me wished that she did in fairness for sure.
I thought that they might teach her stuff about the environment at school for example, because the environment seems to be a lot more topical than it was when I went to school back in the 70's in comparison.
cerb4.5lee said:
TheDeuce said:
Caring about the planet was 3 years ago. Now the school is teaching your daughter to be open minded about becoming your son...
So true! All tongue in cheek of course, I'm sure your daughter is very happy just as she is. But it does drive home just how irrelevant the ICE vs EV debate is for the next generation - who are literally being taught that identity of themselves is optional, let alone what powers their car... A car that increasingly they don't even want.
Personal preference aside, I truly believe that loss of ICE will simply not be a factor for the next generation, they will accept electric cars are normal and they will go off on their own missions to do something about something they actually care about, which definitely won't be anything to do with cars.
We're now dinosaurs, even the name Piston Heads is now entirely out of date.
Happy Easter Monday everyone
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