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Originally Posted by SecondZ28

EV infrastructure doesn’t compare to gas. I’d say it’s at least 20 years before having a solid footprint. Although they will continue to neuter the V8 with cylinder deactivation. Maybe in our childrens lifetime they will see the switch over to EV.

I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but I'm going to offer it anyways. I am all for cylinder deactivation. I don't like the complexity that it add, more failure points, etc. But honestly, when it's setup right it drives seamlessly, so that part doesn't both me at all. I've had a 5.7 Hemi and a 5.3 LS4 with cylinder deactivation and they both were seamless in operation - if they didn't have exhausts you wouldn't have known it was switching over unless you watched closely. There is a definite MPG increase, and if you tune it to be just a little more aggressive and drive to keep it in 4cyl when possible that grows quite a bit as well. If it helps keep V8 engines a viable option for the mainstream, I think we need to embrace that technology.