19 February

I could never go back to a combustion car. The physics says it all. Look at those flaccid torque and power blue and red lines for petrols and diesels. You spend most of your time revving the shit out of the thing (what gears are for) to try to keep it at the top of the droop. The EV has maximum torque at every speed, on tap, precisely titrated to what you need. There are no hills in an EV, the car glides up them as as if they aren't even there. Mindblowing acceleration not just from a standing start, but at every speed too. It's effortless, linear power, getting back in a petrol or diesel feels like getting back on a horse. The idea of 'grunt' comes from the noise petrols and diesels make. They're gutless. That noise is them straining to generate any torque or power at all. How that ever became confused with grunt is hilarious, it's the exact opposite. If two people are lifting something, and one grunts and groans and the other does it silently, which do you assume is the stronger person?