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7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-08-04

Final complete day: 2026-08-04. Attention was 1.0% — this entity appeared in 72 of 6,915 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (97 mentions).

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1. 2026-08-04 23:02 UTCComment

   > "Electric trains have existed for ages...but ask anyone to make a train sound and they'll go 'Chugga chugga choo choo'" That could just be a relic of history, similar to how Gen alpha says "wind up the window" or "dial a number" but can't tell you why they say it. I've never seen a non-electric train outside a museum or amusement park, so the noise I imagine is the snapping sound of corona discharge. It's just harder to make that sound. Anyway: > 'Soul' for me is the car having a bit of personality. That's fair. I think a large part of the "EVs are soulless" point is that the vast majority of EVs are designed to be just transport. I don't hear anyone claiming the Tucson or RAV4 has personality. But people drive a Model Y or bZ and call EVs sterile. *Those* EVs are sterile just like their ICE counterparts. FWIW I agree with you on personality. I just read "personality" in different traits. It's mainly body movement and weight distribution for me.

2. 2026-08-04 20:34 UTCComment

   > I'm just pointing out that it's certainly not just speed that provides it. I agree. > If the throttle pedal isn't connected to a throttle...then the whole thing is very likely going to feel quite synthetic. Also agree with all of that. I've said before that the magic of modern performance ICE cars is they manage to convince buyers they're getting an organic experience when nearly everything drivers feel is a deliberate act of design. > it's not going to feel very much like I am really the one in control of the machine An unfortunate consequence of everything having too much power. Even an M3 has gotten so powerful that you really need training to control it with systems off (or regain control when you lose it). But to buy it all you need is money. So the car holds your hand.

3. 2026-08-04 20:19 UTCComment

   That calculation is wrong and so is the website, the savings are much bigger and the majority of EVs are 0% tax. This statement from the website is plain wrong. >So, if you import an electric car worth about DKK 224,000 (€30,000), you subtract the DKK 165,000 deduction, which leaves DKK 59,000 as the taxable value. >The tax is then calculated on that amount, and because EVs pay only 40% before 2026, the final tax bill stays relatively low. The entire page is pure misinformation which is pretty crazy coming from a car importing website as a guide to our taxes, that gets it completely wrong by a LOT. Even the screenshot they show lower on the site (which is correct, from the government) is contradicting everything they write. In this screenshot, they end up paying 18.000dkk registration tax because it's an expensive car (About 4%), where as if it was ICE it would be 460.000dkk (95%). You pay 0% tax on EVs up to about 420.000kr ($65.000) where a identical ICE has about 100% tax at that price. So you save a LOT. A $65.000 EV, is a saving of almost $65.000 in taxes. So most EVs pay 0% tax. The 160.000dkk EV deduction is calculated AFTER the registration tax, and AFTER the 0,4x multiplier. So the example math both you and in the article is wrong because you did it the wrong way around. Let's take a identical ICE and EV with approximate numbers. ICE: - Car cost: 420.000dkk - Variable value based tax: 405.000dkk Total ICE tax: 405.000dkk EV: - Car cost: 420.000dkk - Variable value based tax: 405.000dkk - Actual variable tax after EV Multiplier 0,4x: 161.000dkk - Flat EV Deduction: 161.000dkk Total EV tax: 0dkk --- So your Renault 5 example, the 185.000dkk price is with 0% tax on it. If it was identical, but ICE, it would cost around 270.000dkk instead. And a 420.000dkk Tesla would be about 800.000dkk if it was ICE, so yes, a very very big difference. You can see it for yourself for example Tesla specifically writes the registration tax on their website. The 422.000dkk Model Y has 0dkk registration tax on it, where the 495.000dkk model is including 26.000dkk registration tax (About 5% only) Also even after the EV tax is raised to the full amount in 2035, you still get a flat 160.000dkk ($25k) flat EV deduction, before VAT. EVs have already been getting higher tax from 2020-2025 where they got rid of the battery deduction, and nobody felt that since the cars themselves got cheaper and they're still mostly 0%.

4. 2026-08-04 20:08 UTCComment

   > What would make an EV soulful to you? When these ~~arguments~~ discussions start up I'm always reminded of a comment I saw: "Electric trains have existed for ages...but ask anyone to make a train sound and they'll go 'Chugga chugga choo choo'" 'Soul' for me is the car having a bit of personality. Maybe it's the way the boost comes on out of a corner. Perhaps it's the weird little twist you need to do with your wrist to make that fast 2nd to 3rd change. It might be the slightly floaty rear end under braking. Or even the way you have to pump the accelerator _just so_ during turnover so it catches. You know what they all are? Flaws. But it's the _flaws_ that can instill personality. They provide character. They make driving _that car_ memorable. EVs have generally designed and developed at great expense to minimise their flaws, and the massive change to their drivetrain removes a lot of space that you might have found flaws. This is why so many modern ICE cars are boring and soulless too - they've simply designed the flaws out. EVs being boring is as much a 'maturity of the industry' thing as it is them being EVs. But that's only my opinion - by definition it's subjective, so what's right for me doesn't have to be right for someone else. But I'm keeping my flawed '90s girl, cos she's a prima donna and not afraid to show it. She's got soul.

5. 2026-08-04 19:52 UTCComment

   What does "soul" mean to you? It's not an engine and transmission since you pointed out that some ICE supercars are accused of being soulless (which I assume you agree with since you brought it up). What would make an EV soulful to you?