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among other things, what disappoints me the most about EVs on sale nowadays--and cybertruck is a GLARING posterchild for all these issues (and more!)--is all the stupid bells and whistles. the obscene and stupid upcharge for shit i don't need and didn't ask for.
i'm excited for the Slate truck because the climate control interface is MECHANICAL KNOBS AND DIALS!!! there's no distracting pointlessly complicated "infotainment system". there's no infuriating touch screen locking away fundamental features like drive control - YEAH NO THANKS I'D LIKE TO GO FROM DRIVE TO PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT HAVING TO POKE A GODDAMN SHEET OF GLASS OKAY????
i'll opt for the power windows, MAYBE the tablet mount-
(so i can bring MY OWN that won't be obsolete and unsupported by ugly dysfunctional proprietary software from the vehicle manufacturer that they don't even update anymore within a year or two of purchase)
-and ALSO maybe the speakers since i like to listen to podcasts and music etc while i drive sometimes.
i don't need a goddamn AI Datacenter on wheels.
I JUST WANT A MACHINE
THAT TURNS ELECTRICITY
INTO GOING SOMEWHERE.
This is one reason I drive a BMW i4. It's got some gimmicks, sure, but it's mostly just an EV that looks like a regular car.
There's plenty of much cheaper regular-looking EVs outside North America, too. The US is too busy protecting the low-quality local car market to allow better, cheaper models to be sold in the country.
Looking at the top 10 selling EVe in the US, it's Tesla with the top 2, then 5 vehicles you'd only know are EVs if you follow this stuff closely (looks like a normal crossover SUV from the outside, normal driving controls in the driver's seat, mostly tactile buttons and knobs for controlling radio and climate), a Rivian, then 2 semi-normal vehicles.
It's mainly crossover SUVs (Tesla 3 sedan and the Ford F-150 pickup being the main exceptions), but that's mostly true of America's top selling gasoline vehicles, too, at least after the pickups.
Interesting, I didn't realize that so many popular EVs in the US just look like normal cars.
The US is only 5% of worldwide EV sales, and things are very different outside the USA! Out of the top 20 EVs worldwide last year, only three are sold in the USA - the Tesla Model 3 and Y, and the VW ID.4.
There's big differences in price, too. The BYD Seagull (#5 most popular) is $8k in China or AU$24k (US$17k) including tax in Australia.
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/03/20-best-selling-ev-models-in-the-world-in-december-tesla-makes-an-increasingly-rare-1-2-win/