[Deschodt]

I have a 480hp Polestar2 (factory software upgrade). Possibly not as fast as a dual motor Tesla due to calibration (Volvo tries not to break your cervicals) but damn close. I also have 30y of track days under my belt.

...and it's bonkers to me we can buy those cars without any extra training. More so than the fact you can also buy a MacLaren or 918 Spyder without training, because those are "everyday" cars. It's not just the power overall, it's the immediacy of it, you can DO things with those cars that are akin to "teleportation" in traffic. People around you are not ready for all of it, I'm honestly shocked there have not been more accidents, not just from the EV side of people failing to control that power, but from how EV capabilities can affect regular non EV traffic around them. People in general do not expect that kind of acceleration from a car at 0-40 or 50-80, they aren't prepared to deal with it - both as a drivers and as part of the traffic flow.. You expect it maybe from something looking like a Huracan, but here, no sound and it looks like a fridge (the Tesla, I like my polestar)
By that I mean, you may be accustomed to looking in your mirror and think " I'm good to change lane, that car cannot get to that spot before I get there" - well they CAN

The other day I was caught up at a light by a guy asking me what my car was, he was shocked how fast I went light to light (empty road) 0-30. I was not even trying, the car does it so smoothly it's the new normal. We're mixing Horses with early Model Ts at the moment (add self driving and we are doomed)
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