I’m not a big Jag fan mind you but another company moving away from ICE all together is interesting. I believe Audi cancelled the R8 in favor of an EV version and the next Dodge Charger Hellcat supposedly will be an EV as well.
My wife’s EV is pretty nice, but so far every EV I’ve driven has been discovered from the road. Like a moving couch instead of a driving experience. Hopefully we’ll get some real enthusiast grade sports cards out of this.
What do y’all think?
Not sure what EVs you’re driving, but they must not have an accelerator pedal, or you’re using it wrong. I have a 225hp electric SUV That’s as fast as a Subaru WRX to 60. I don’t think there’s many more that are less performing than mine, and it blows the doors off most gas cars.
Oh my wife’s Ioniq 5 is pretty quick, just over 4 seconds 0-60 and my buddies Model 3 performance is almost as fast as my Vette 0-60. But neither of them feel good outside of acceleration. I can’t feel the steering weight up, I have little idea what the front wheels are doing, the rear end is numb at best. When I push a car to 10/10ths on a track I want to know what is going every second of the way and in either EV there is nothing to feel.
The best car for feel I’ve ever driven was a McLaren 620s. I swear I could have told you the names of every pebble on the road as I drove over them. I want that kind of connection to the road in an EV. And none of them have it yet.