EV diversity highlights that they are here to stay

The world of cars is a rich tapestry of forms and functions. There are fast ones, big ones, off-road ones, and convertibles ones. You name it, there’s a flavour of car for you, and now all of that is true for electric cars. If variety is the spice of life, then EV showrooms are getting pretty tasty.

Wind the clock back just 10 years and while electric cars were gaining traction thanks to successful mainstream vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S, your choices were limited. If you wanted an electric estate car, there simply wasn’t one. Range anxiety was still a thing, the charging network was far worse than today, and the fundamentals of real-world EV ownership were still being questioned by the public at large.

Today, a clear sign that we are past the teething phase and that electric cars are here to stay is the huge range of choice customers now have. I’m not just talking about the addition of estate cars or endless SUVs, but also more desirable form factors such as hot hatchbacks sports cars. These sorts of cars come from the world of the enthusiast – arguably the toughest group to get into an EV after well over 100 years of combustion. The decision to create such niche products isn’t taken lightly and regardless of what you read in the media and the fluctuation of EV sales, driving electric is no longer an oddity. Many who’ve already swapped the pumps for the plug aren’t looking back.

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