I feel like the issue with EVs honestly boils down to the politics behind them and what the projected thoughts of what we feel the future may bring with the way that things are going. The majority of these arguments, all of which have several valid points, seem to be based on politics and not really on the vehicle(s) and their propulsion system. Not saying that I myself don't have my reservations about EV's and government/terrorist cyber hacking in the car's control system and being able to control these cars remotely like they do with Cell phones, computers and everything else electronic, EMP warfare and other things like that. I also don't particularly care for the way that the EV movement has been presented but I feel like that fact is really what bothers alot of us. Let's face it, us as gearheads and muscle car enthusiast in alot of ways scoff at most other vehicle types. Imports, EVs, regular commuter cars, etc. The thing is, Hybrids and EVs have actually been on our roads alot longer than this issue of EVs has been and the real problem isn't the cars themselves, but the presentation and the way the government has been trying to force them. Cars have been evolving since the introduction of the automobile and the truth is, they've been getting better and more efficient as time has gone on. We've gone from leaded fuel to unleaded fuel, carburetion and all stages of fuel injection from throttle body injection to direct injection and everything in between. Even while people have resisted certain changes, they've made sense in the way of more efficiently powering a vehicle down the street. Even in the muscle car world, We've gone from big cubic inches with huge blowers sticking out of hoods in the old days with 426-Hemis with Weiland blowers and huge scoops sticking so far above the hood and belts that were wider across that most people's heads that weren't street legal and maybe made 600-700hp to now having street legal cars with full interiors and all kinds of safety features making over 1,000hp with barely over 383ci that fits neatly under the hood and can even be driven like a normal car with kids in the back seat and can pass emissions tests. My point is, yes electrification is actually the evolution of what we've been doing all along. The problem is, the people who control the way our lives function and the fears of what could potentially come about with the technology that is coming. If things weren't so crazy in the world and this EV movement hadn't been presented as abrasively as it was with the Government being super involved in this push, I think more people would actually be okay with EVs being blended in with regular ICE vehicles and Hybrids. Personally, I look at this car as Dodge doing what Dodge does best, and that is taking something and making it unique and insane and actually cool. Dodge is taking a market of boring, disconnected, bland, emotionless, soulless vehicles and injecting their brand into it. It's like saying okay the rest of the auto industry is a Toyota Camry and we're bringing out a Hellcat Charger Redeye, both sedans, but one is beige and the other is a monster. Governmental terrorism aside, I can get with what Dodge is doing with this vehicle. I can have a car with horsepower that still gives me all of the auditory and sensory feedback that I am used to in a vehicle and I can tweak and customize in different aspects, have my fun in, not have to worry about emissions and it will allow the brand that I love to continue on into the future. Yeah, Ford still has V8s but that's because Ford decided awhile ago to invest in the Ecoboost platform and it paid off for them. If Dodge had brought out the Hurricane to match the ecoboost years ago, they may have been able to save at least the Hellcat engine if not the 392 as well. Dodge didn't respond in time to the changing climate and now it's rushing to adjust and it waited just a smidge to long. But even though they did that, the thing is, they're doing what they can to keep the performance and customization aspect alive in this next gen vehicle. As I said, I don't like the government involvement in all of this but the car itself, for what it is, may actually be a pretty decent vehicle
