> Nobody says car buyers of the future have to buy an EV. With increasingly stringnent emissions controls, it is only a matter of time until ICEs will not be m

> Nobody says car buyers of the future have to buy an EV. With increasingly stringnent emissions controls, it is only a matter of time until ICEs will not be manufactured. > From a technical perspective, nothing about EV design forbids tight suspension, responsive steering, and quick acceleration/braking. Braking, yes. The absolutely absurd weight of EV batteries makes it hard to match braking performance of the inherently lighter ICE platform. A Tesla Model S is almost 5k lbs! That's 500 lbs more than the fat boat we call a Dodge Challenger! Compare that to a porsche 718/911. > electronic control is likely to permit quicker response times all around. Throttle-by-wire is already present in many ICE vehicles and does just that already. My KTM 790 duke has it, and various throttle mappings. There is little to want in quick response times in performance ICE vehicles. > The only thing that an EV cannot deliver is the noise of an open pipe That and shifting. Which is the whole point. People like me sometimes buy cars specifically for the soundtrack. a BMW M4 is faster than a Ford Shelby GT350 R. But the GT350R sounds worlds better, and for that reason alone, I'd buy it over the M4. That is the crux of the issue. We want noise, and lots of it; we want shifting; and FFS, we want the ability to work on our vehicles: Something you can't really do with an EV.