[Runway48]

I've had performance cars my entire life. I've enjoyed the sound, the crisp sensation of shifting gears, speed and the feeling of being mechanically involved with the car. For me it makes driving somewhere fun, but I realize this is not for everyone. I feel a level of boredom when driving a car with an automatic transmission (not much choice these days) and really dislike CVT. My current car is supercharged with a dual clutch transmission, very fast but gets 30 mpg on highway. My son has a model Y. I drove it and have to say it was a good experience. It has great acceleration (0-60 in under 5 sec). It took me about two miles to get comfortable with one pedal driving, but the brake pedal worked perfectly when needed. I was also impressed with the usable interior space and with minimal conversion the car has impressive cargo space. It can transport his family of five with luggage to the airport for a cross-country flight and he has used it to go to Home Depot for building and garden supplies. I think EVs like this are an excellent choice for a local vehicle that is driven not much more than 200 miles in a day. For most people this probably covers 95% of their driving. But the infrastructure is not there to support convenient use of these vehicles across the country, and they have serious limitations in cold weather. I rented a plug-in hybrid in California recently. I expected keeping it charged would have been easy in that state. I had to hunt to find a charger. They were amazingly sparse, many where inoperable or occupied. I was glad I had a hybrid so I get gas to keep going and this was in California where no ICE vehicles will be sold in 10 yrs. Hard to see how that's going to work out.