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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
Yes and no. They are switching to EVs because that’s where their major markets are going. Their major markets are switching because of regulatory activities in those countries, not the US regulations. Aside from CARB legislation, most of the US legislation is focused on cleaning up the ICE. I know we don’t like to hear this, but the US is the tail trying to wag the global auto market dog. And the dog ain’t having it. The global dog is going EV no matter what the US tail does. So the US brands are doing their best to get ahead of it. Rather than spend billion$ that can never be recovered in vehicle price on ICE technology, they are shifting their development billion$ to electric vehicle platforms, batteries, and components.
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I believe you, and you are obviously well informed, but yes, it still sucks to see the end of performance ICE development beyond Italian supercars (at least those will continue for a while). Maybe the ICE Corvette will provide an incentive to bring back a 7th gen V8 Camaro someday. A future of EVs isn't intriguing to me whatsoever. When a manufacturer comes out with a new EV, even Lamborghini, Lotus, or Porsche, I just don't care about it, no matter how much power it has. I don't even care about the Rimac supercar EV.
Maybe that will change over time, and I hope future EVs are exciting somehow, but right now, they don't excite me - it's like they are using a cheat code and that isn't fun for anyone. And no, adding a fake digital engine rev (ahem, Dodge) doesn't make them exciting. It's extremely cheesy and corny.