The Honda E is a high-effort car in every respect except the powertrain. It’s highly demonstrable of how far behind they are with EV tech.

Yup, same here. I guess I get overtaken more often, but that’s about as bad as it gets in person. The shit talking happens online - but it’s mostly confined to car discussion circles.

What’s pretty hilarious is that if you go back nearly 30 years, to a Friends episode in the first season, Rachel has a bad date with a guy who can’t stop ranting about Ed Begley Jr’s EV (“I’m like, hey, get a real car!”). The mindset doesn’t seem to be a new thing.

I’d guess it comes from the same place as people who rant about vegans, as if the thing that bothers them more than anything in the world is vegans saying that they’re vegan. The very word is offensive to them. It’s very hard to understand.

BMW i3 just about squeaks in to the 2020+ restriction, and it’s fully tactile. No touchscreens anywhere, mechanical doorhandles, nice substantial PNDR, good steering feel.

Go for one of the more upmarket interior packages, and make sure you get the wood trim, and it’s also very tactile across all the interior surfaces. Everything outside the climate/media binnacle has a texture.