alt Hacker NewsYou have absolutely no idea what you're talking about if you don't know anything about rolling coal and you don't realize people like to drive loud cars.
I've had several friends tell me they just couldn't drive an EV because it just doesn't have a soul, meaning it doesn't have that roar for its performance. It being nearly silent as it accelerates hard is missing half the point. It's a common thing among car enthusiasts.
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1) I doubt the rolling coal people are a particularly large group. Sounds niche.
2) They could buy an EV then put some sort of smokestack on it. If they're going to convert their car to preformatively blow black black smoke and make extra noise sure, ok. But an close consideration that isn't actually a reason to prefer a petrol car over an EV. They'd get to exactly the same end point and probably annoy the people they're trying to annoy even more starting with an EV.
The major factor for people buying a petrol-powered car is almost certainly the cost. If electric cars were cheaper they'd mostly switch over to them and then rig them up to own the libs instead.
I can attest that a lot of “car culture” and “motorcycle culture” people want the car or motorcycle to be as loud as possible. Where I live they’re frequently interrupting conversations and waking children up. It’s a major nuisance.