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I was more thinking to the driving experience than the power production per se, because it's not an aspect of the experience that the driver controls/selects directly, as opposed to gear selection, brake/power mix, cornering angles/line/drift, power/road connection (clutch)
You could say that mostly the power/torque curve differences between ICE and EV are such that gears are essentially for ICE but not so much for EV, but does taking away that element of choice for the driver detract from the experience? To assert that this EV can produce all the same experience as can an ICE, without the requirement to change gear - does it feel the same to be going up hill, floor it and feel the same rush of acceleration (let's say they accelerate equally), the only difference being the ICE you had to drop two gears to enable it, the EV you didn't?
Like nicotine patches - same rush, but lacking the tactile element of having something between fingers/in mouth to play with- is it overall less of an experience as a result?
You could say that mostly the power/torque curve differences between ICE and EV are such that gears are essentially for ICE but not so much for EV, but does taking away that element of choice for the driver detract from the experience? To assert that this EV can produce all the same experience as can an ICE, without the requirement to change gear - does it feel the same to be going up hill, floor it and feel the same rush of acceleration (let's say they accelerate equally), the only difference being the ICE you had to drop two gears to enable it, the EV you didn't?
Like nicotine patches - same rush, but lacking the tactile element of having something between fingers/in mouth to play with- is it overall less of an experience as a result?
