Would it be possible for those who have experience of cars with electric drive trains to say what it is that makes them bland and un-engaging? (i have not had the opportunity to drive any such cars). To be honest, I find my modern SEAT Leon, although a truly brilliantly engineered car, rather bland and un-engaging. despite its 140 bhp supercharged and turbocharged 1.4 petrol engine. It handles very sensibly, goes exactly where you point it and happily laps up mile of mile of good or bad roads. But it's not fun. So I'm not sure the thing that generates driving pleasure is related to whether it is an ICE or not, there are plenty of ICE cars that are sensible but not much fun (as in my Leon).
Or is it the way that an electric drive train delivers its power and torque that makes it un-involving? I would have (naively admittedly) thought that if the power/torque is delivered to the wheels in the appropriate manner it does not really matter whether that power/torque originated from burning petrol/diesel/hydrogen/LPG or moving electrons about in a battery? It does not seem to be a universal rule that electric cars are too heavy, and indeed they often have low c of g's so shouldn't be impossible to design electric cars that are as exciting to drive as ICE cars? And does the suspension components and steering geometry know whether the car is electrical or petrol driven? Surely not - so why is not possible to design an electrical car with interesting and involving handling?
