QOTD: Are We Afraid of the Future?

I was scrolling through Twitter to kill time during halftime of whatever football game I was watching the other day -- god, I watched so much football this weekend, not that you care -- and I came across this column from Motor Trend editor Angus MacKenzie.

In short, MacKenzie argues that American car enthusiasts are afraid of the future -- specifically, we're afraid that the internal-combustion engine is going to die and that EVs are going to be terribly boring appliances that generally aren't fun to drive. He goes on to argue that just because some current EVs aren't fun for enthusiasts, that doesn't mean the next generation won't be (for some reason, he doesn't mention current "fun to drive" EVs like the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT or the Kia EV6 GT). As evidence, he points out that he's seen future EV products at off-the-record press briefings and that these future products look great. He also mentions that hydrogen and fuel-cell tech isn't dead and that hydrogen could keep the ICE alive.

I was going to write an op-ed on this column since I agree with MacKenzie's overall thesis -- EVs don't have to be boring, and there will likely be enthusiast-oriented EVs on the market sooner rather than later. But after a few minutes of thought, I figured this topic is tailor-made for a QOTD.

So, I ask you -- are you scared that the automotive future will be filled with boring transport pods powered by electricity? Or are you excited that automakers are building cars like the EV6 GT? Do think, as I do, that the future EV-filled market will look a lot like the current one, where 80-90 percent of the vehicles are aimed at the consumer who could care less about horsepower and torque and fun but a certain percentage are aimed at enthusiasts?

Sound off below.

[Image: Kia]

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