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EV vs ICE on normal day to day driving

 It's funny when some clueless drivers of ICE cars, typically those older than 50yr old, have no idea how fast most EVs can take off from stop. You'll see such drivers thinking their 2.0/2.4L IL4 petrol cars (usually Japanese MPVs/SUVs) can easily overtake/cut-off all other "small" sedan cars on the roads (except those which are obviously sportscars/super cars), and hence they tend to not want line up early on the correct lane to make a turn, thinking their big and powerful family mobiles can just zoom out first and overtake any car from stop lights. 

Then you'll see their disgruntled face in your rearview as your EV left them many car lengths behind within 2-3 secs, as they end up having to filter behind to change lane in order not to miss their turn.

Yeah, you clown, now it's time to have a taste of your own medicine. Plan your route properly, the roads are no longer a playground for you to any how drive, as your stupid petrol car isn't the fastest dog now. Listen : ANY EV can outrun your stupid car from stop at least for first 2-3 secs before you can catch up, so on normal roads with many traffic lights, you have no chance to cut off EVs unless they let you pass. Eat the humble pie. Oh, I also think you won't upgrade to EVs, because its probably out of your budget to get a 6-7 seater EV to replace your petrol one, or more likely, you are too dumb to know what is EV and too fearful of new things. 


On a more serious note, once most cars on the roads are EV, I believe the driving situation in SG will become much more tolerable. Why? Because of the democratisation of car power. If everyone drives EV, everyone knows their car isn't always going to accelerate faster than others, it's as if everyone is driving the exact same car. Yes some sub 4 seconds EVs will still be ultra fast, but day to day driving, the difference won't be that big especially on norma non-highway roads with traffic lights. 

This change in dynamics will alter most drivers' behaviour...to that of MUTUAL respect. It's like arms race between nations, if all nations have similar powerful armies, there will be mutual respect and ironically more periods of peace. Its like the internet, where anyone with internet has the same universal access to same information, so no one can simply claim to be more knowledgeable, made even so with GenAI chatbots at your disposal anywhere.

So drivers in future will plan their driving more intentionally, with the understanding that poor planning means no being able to make a left/right turn at next stop light due to heavy traffic (that can move as fast as what you drive lol).




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