Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by sergiosgc on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @07:58AM
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FWIW, I'm having a lot more fun watching Formula-e than Formula 1. It's the awful sound of current F1 cars, coupled with the Indy-like equality of Formula-e cars. Lots of overtaking, very competitive, very dependent on the pilot. Formula-e is proving to be quite fun.
I'll concede it's not F1, and I'll also concede that I'm a disgruntled ex-fan of F1.
Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by linkregister on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:31PM
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I'm surprised you don't find it fun to be in an accelerating Tesla.
Sure, spectators at an all-electric NASCAR would keep their hearing, but the rest of the excitement would be there: the close calls, the crashes, the thrill of racing.
Horse racing is fun despite it not vibrating your seat.
Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by Lightbody on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:16PM
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Before a Model S, I owned a WRX. Both were a joy to drive. Like all cars, electric will have a mix of fun and boring. But I can promise you that instant torque and low center of gravity is not "boring" :)
Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by greglindahl on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:33PM
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There's already electric car racing, a couple of kinds, actually.
Lots of ICE cars with turbos already pipe fake engine noise into the car cabin, all you need is loudspeakers and a stereo.
Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by fein on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:34PM
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Have you actually watched formula e? The race is so quiet and uneventful that they have a dj playing shitty edm music.
Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet
by greglindahl on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:40PM
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I am merely noting that it exists.
If I want to see an event with electronic music that might involve carnage, I watch SpaceX launches.
Electric vehicles just feel and sound like shit. Auto racing is dead, for example, if we move to all electric. No more rib rattling exhaust, the wonderful smell of 2 stroke exhaust burping out of a bike, and the general feeling of driving seven thousand contained explosions every minute.
Electric may be nice, but it's boring as hell.