The fear of the new rages at the heart of every car enthusiast. With new technologies come new threats to the simplicity of our beloved motoring: water-cooling for rear-engined Porsches, dual-clutch transmissions, traction control systems. But the cumulative threat of all of those evils together is insignificant compared to electricity.
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I'm not sure I want to be a car enthusiast if cars are electric.
Whether we like it or not, electricity will figure in the future of the motor car. So I suppose we have to approach cars like the SLS Electric Drive with an open mind.
There's a decent chunk of tech chat in this vid - most of it is easily digestible and, I think, pretty fascinating. Especially the torque vectoring used in the chassis.
Anyways. These were my thoughts immediately after driving the car, and this is it in HD slithering around.