I was talking about cars in general, not just EVs. But even in the case of EVs, that’s just a poor excuse to avoid developing better battery systems.

Every day I begin to hate crossover SUVs more and more. Why must cars of all form factors be consumed by this god-awful SUV trend?

That’s what Toyota and Big Oil want you to believe.

So… they’re hatchbacks with awful visibility and unnecessarily high ground clearance?

Please tell me they aren’t all SUVs…

Rip baby R8.

lol… the sad and frustrating thing though is just how many people are out there who think like OP

This is a concern that was addressed ten years ago. Nowadays all electric road vehicles sold in most countries have exterior speakers that generate sound as the vehicles drives to alert pedestrians. This is not a choice for automakers, as legal regulations force them to add these sounds. Electric scooters don’t count as vehicles, so they don’t follow the artificial sound rules. But comparing electric scooters (if by “scooter” you mean the one that you stand on and push with your foot) to electric cars is a pretty awful comparison, since they are way slower than cars. Do you think we should attach gasoline engines to bicycles too? Maybe instead of asking everyone around you to make noise, you should just swivel your head and look both ways.