Isn't car & driver that rag which always lists "doesn't emit that gaping-ass exhaust note you love because it reminds you of dear ol' dad" as a con for modern vehicles?
I'd rather live in a city full of Tesla Cybertrucks than one light-duty pickup truck driven by an ill-equipped chode with a chip on his shoulder and a dildo up his ass (ie - any ICE pickup truck driver).
Stellantis is fucked fucked. I found out today that they don't offer any of the 3.0L I6 Hurricane engines in any of their newer Grand Cherokees, just a jankey 4 cylinder turbo. The only way to get them is in a Wagoneer and at those prices Ill just buy a used BMW or Mercedes.
Mercedes-Benz is rolling back on their eggblob EVs, as the EQE sedan in both regular and AMG trims, and the Maybach EQS SUV have all been killed off for the 2027 model year.
These things were butt ugly. Porsche can make their 911s and Caymans look sexy without huge front grilles. Why did Mercedes put a fake piece of plastic that didn't harmonize with the car there? Were they trying to make it look like a potato?
And it's once again yet another example of Chinese "quality", and rushing out products, just like video games that are rushed and released buggy as hell.
This is TMI but I worked for an "EV recycler" company and the Li-ion batteries are a fucking nightmare to take apart and recycle. Mining in general is an environmental hazard (radioactive drinking supply enjoyers will mark me autistic) but with the EV market you have the perfect storm of investors handing out debt candy, Silicon Valley troons putting safety last and cost first, and the cherry on top is youre handling 400V HF thermite bombs that melt your shredder after discharging. These things are so crazy they blow up in a landfill doing fuck all.