The days when you can go out and buy an electric car to demonstrate your steadfast devotion to the environment are coming to an end. Pretty soon, people might suspect you bought the car because you actually like it.
Already, we’re well past the good old days, when electric car buyers could boast about sacrificing back seats to make room for the battery. People are getting word that some electric cars out there can out-accelerate a golf cart. Although you can still find one if you look, it’s getting harder to find really weird-looking electric vehicles that scream—“There’s no way I would have bought this if I didn’t love the environment so much.”
Image: The iconic Aptera.
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