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Stick shift drivers - would you get an electric vehicle? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm stuck on this personally. I love my manual, I have a tiny little Mazda 2 and I have driven that thing absolutely everywhere because I can control it better than any automatic I've ever driven. But I've been casually looking for a new car and I'd love to have an electric, but I don't want to lose that level of control and everything I love about a manual.

What do you all think? What's your take?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Had an ex-friend of mine say electric cars would never have the torque of ICE. That sounds exactly backward to me. FFS, don't we drive warships with electric engines (in some cases)?

I know nothing about cars, but I've fiddled with DC motors since I was a child. Torque seems off the chain to me. Apply power, get scary force, instantly.

Am I misunderstanding something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

They write multi-page articles extolling the virtues of performance in ICE cars.

EV outperform ICE in many performance metrics, especially torque. Suddenly ICE fans: “Performance doesn’t matter!”

It’s just missing that sound. There’s no doubt about, or getting around, that.