> Loud? My last two ICE vehicles have sufficient cabin noise-dampening to the point that one of the manufacturers can actually pump engine noise into the cabin.

> Loud? My last two ICE vehicles have sufficient cabin noise-dampening to the point that one of the manufacturers can actually pump engine noise into the cabin. Most cars are not like this, because they don't spend as much money on sound dampening materials. The baseline 'good' for an EV is just much higher. Also, at idle, ICE cars are louder. > Lag? Unless you are driving an ICE with a large turbo, what lag? Pretty much every ICE car that is commanded to rapidly accelerate must drop down a gear (or 2). The mechanical time to shift gears and then also rev match just physically takes time. More expensive ICE cars are faster, sure, but compared to even the most anemic EV, the EV will win in response time. As soon as you hit the accelerator, you get torque. It's just not even close. Likewise with deceleration. You have a very non-linear deceleration curve with an ICE vehicle that is neither smooth nor even.