Yeah
@saforwardlook , guess the host moonlights at the comedy club. Shtick aside, he did explain things fairly well.
Mini rant coming. Sorry.
I came from the ICE car business. Born and raised in the ICE era.
Not an engineer by training but worked closely with them in portfolio planning for a decade. Not least among things we considered is "what could our cars do" in the hands of the public. The ones buying 95% of our cars/trucks.
Too much power, safety technologies as options vs. standard equipment, insurance costs factored into TCO (total cost of ownership, etc.,) AND how to be safe (fewer accidents, survivability/protection in case of accidents, etc) in every vehicle we made. A whole lotta product ideas didn't survive that scrutiny where I worked for at a vehcile OEM.
Germany did the 155 MPH thing for safety and environmental reasons. Agree with them or not, they thought a LOT about it. Many of the OEM's bought in. Why? The most grotesque accidents on the autobahn known to human kind. And yes, drive slower you save gas/reduce CO2 emissions
But also, you see what's left of an SUV, that had/still has four people in it, now the size/shape of your kitchen stove after a high-speed dustup.. that sobers the mind of most people.
My observation and maybe this is already in another thread. These electrics are friggin' fast -- even some of the cheap one. You can still have that performance long enough to do some real damage to yourself and others if you;re reckless.
No matter what one thinks of the EV technology, this video shows what 100% torque availability can do. If you drive one .. man, there is notohing like it. But, in a "production" car .. meaning I guess anybody can buy it, and even Darwin Award "candidates" with enough money to own one?
Electrics are here to stay. People are gonna "hot rod" them, and race them in BOTH appropriate and
INappropriate venues.
I wish "production" Ev's were "governed" (maybe they are already?) for both safety and emissions (not from the tailpipe of course, but from the smokestacks of power plants working overtime to power the grid that juices these sleds) reasons.
I prioritize safety over emissions. The cars are here first .. the grid I guess is coming later.
Some knucklehead in his "Plaid", or in her "Sapphire", that they went to a dealership and bought it, that can do 155 mph in nine seconds? I ain't diggin that for public roads. Professionals and race tracks, closed courses ... fine. Hell, I hope they can do 1/4 mile in five seconds .. I'd love to ride/drive that car. On a race track.
On my local interstate, the main drag in my city, on a back road near my farm? F*** no! We can't have that .. any MORE than we have it now. Hopefully LESS than now in 25 years when everything COULD be a nine to twelve second quarter mile capable machine.
Rant over.