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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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We have an ID.3 and a 2012 Audi A5 Cabrio. I love my Cabrio. I would drive it all day if I could. It's just so much fun.
The ID.3 is a tool. An appliance. There's... No joy. Because of the empty-ness, because of the flat screens, because I'm being monitored by Volkswagen and I cannot turn that off.
If they could marry the fun and privacy of the Cabrio with the sheer "better-ness" of the ID.3.. then I would be set :-)
I rented a Ford Mach E and couldn't believe I was driving a Ford I actually liked. The tablet features are a pain and I wish they hadn't copied Tesla on that aspect... But everything else about that car was just a pleasure to drive. I was concerned about a rural road trip but between the efficiency of not driving a giant suv and the new DC charging station on the route it was no issue.
I was passing ICE Mustangs and Teslas so easily. Some lifted jackass was tailgating me when I was stuck behind a camper and I was in the next town over once I got in a passing lane.
I really think a solid effort to make cars fun again is ๐ฏ what the US car culture needs rn.
This right here. Too many EVs tried to copy tesla and you end up with the beige box era. No one wants that shit. That's not gonna get you widespread uptake. No one wants to drive a milquetoast blehmobile outside of duty
Where's our iMac revolution
It is happening right now in Europe I think. Renault started it with bringing back cars with emotion, for a more reasonable price tag. The Renault 5 at first, now coming the new Renault Twingo (starting at 20k EUR), the VW ID.Polo with some other brands based on that same basis. etc. Compact, not oversized and overweight cars, built to a price but interestingly still not coming across as flimsy and cheap as a Tesla interior and with real buttons and largely with real door handles. There are also options from abroad, like the Hyundai Inster for example but also some from China with BYD, GM etc.
This is what kept EV adoption back in Europe, the lack of options in that segment at a reasonable price. But this is changing as we speak.
Awesome.
I'm not a car aficionado but i know many who are, and emotion is a good word for it. There are those who want noisy cars, but it really does seem to be down to people having a machine that is pleasurable for them to drive. A giant fucking rental golf cart complete with tablet controls is not it.
Golf carts don't come even close to the feeling. It is more like driving an go-cart racer, from the drive feeling, but without the noise of course. Different, but hardly lame. When you look at the Renault 5 or the ID.Polo, they don't feel that different on the inside from ICE cars. Yes they have some central screen nowadays but so do modern ICE cars. Other than that, real buttons, real handles and controls and one does not have to use one pedal drive if one prefers more traditional controls. Of course gear shifting isn't a thing anymore and that is still strongly rooted among most European drivers.
Sadly, the privacy won't come back in general with new cars but if I look at the coming ID.Polo, VW is throwing out most of the Tesla trash, the previous CEO has brought in (terrible and extremely cheap interior, no real buttons, no reall door handles etc). It is a really good VW again.