One of the main narratives going around with electric vehicles right now is what will happen to the car enthusiast community considering that most car enthusiasts do not like electric vehicles and more and more electric vehicles are being made. This reddit thread has many members explain why they do not like electric vehicles. From looking into the conversation, there seem to be three main perspectives on the matter.
EVs destroying the car enthusiast community
There is a lot of skepticism that the rise of electric vehicles will dismantle the car enthusiast community. Car enthusiasts typically love internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, with loud exhausts and manual transmissions. EVs have none of those things. There are still many ICE cars on the road keeping car enthusiasts happy, but EV production is only increasing and ICE car production its only decreasing. Many think this points to a potential collapse of the community. This video details why car enthusiasts don’t like EVs.
Enthusiasm will grow for EVs
Compared to ICE cars, electric vehicles are brand new to the roads. Many seem the think that the lack of enthusiasm is due to the newness and the notion of going away from something that has been around for years and years. If this ends up being true, then the car community would do an almost complete turn around and go from detesting EVs to fully embracing them. This video discusses whether enthusiasm will ever grow around EVs.
The car community will split in two
As it stands right now, the car community is a pretty close community that bonds over their cars. Cars are seen as something that anyone in the community can respect and find beauty in. There is some speculation going around that eventually, some members will embrace electrification while others will not. This could lead to a split in the car enthusiast community.
There is a lot of speculation about what mass electrification of vehicles will do to the car enthusiast community. Nobody knows how it will play out, but with electrification of vehicles not appearing to be slowing down any time soon, one thing seems imminent: it is going to play out somehow.