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I recently watched two episodes of 'Fully Charged' on YouTube that featured real motoring journalists singing the praises of electric to the extent that I don't think that they are really interested in old fashioned cars in quite the same way. One of the guest journalists was Rory Reid of Top Gear fame and I have since warmed to the guy and rate him (rather than think he is some Top Gear sad petrol head person). The other was the guy from the UK Channel 5 motoring show - Johnny Smith - and, again, he knows his electrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDoItji6Gdo

These people are important influencers and they are not making the sad 'Top Gear' jokes about electric cars. Check out how the Renault electric sports car is 'sold' in the above video, why would you buy a conventional hot hatch when you can have something with serious performance that is pretty handy for getting the child seat and baby gear around? These motor journalists also seem pretty pleased with the quiet, the 'brrm brrm' noises are not important unless that is all a car really does, along with lame power slides around a deserted level airfield.

My favourite phrase learned from electric car journalism is the 'guessometer' the range the car apparently says it has.

Electric cars are great however I think that autonomous and electric cars will make roads safe again, so pedestrians and cyclists can use the road without fear of instant death. We will be able to lower the arms race of driving around in tanks, therefore electric bikes will make a lot of sense as will pure pedal bikes. My estimate is that the liner for the front 'trunk' on a Tesla weighs as much as my bicycle so there is a long way to go before I upgrade to a fancy electric car to 'go greener than I am'.

⬐ maxsilver

> (rather than think he is some Top Gear sad petrol head person)

For what it's worth, even they are slowly coming around to electrics.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/james-may/james-may-his-new...