Category: Electric Mobility

Chasing the Electric Dream: How Combustion Cars Have Spent 30 Years Trying to Be EVs (And Still Aren’t)

Chasing the Electric Dream: How Combustion Cars Have Spent 30 Years Trying to Be EVs (And Still Aren’t)

Peter van ZeistElectric Mobility / The serious things in lifeLeave a comment

Why have combustion cars spent 30 years trying to feel like electric vehicles—without actually going electric? From turbos to dual-clutch gearboxes to complex exhaust systems, automakers have tried everything to mimic EV performance, silence, and smoothness. This witty blog post explores how electric cars naturally deliver the driving experience combustion engines have chased for decades.

Back to the Stone Age: My Visit to a Gas Station After Two Years of Driving Electric

Back to the Stone Age: My Visit to a Gas Station After Two Years of Driving Electric

Peter van ZeistElectric Mobility / The serious things in lifeLeave a comment

After nearly two years of driving electric, I returned to a gas station—and it felt like stepping back into the Stone Age. From grimy pumps to noxious fumes and awkward payment lines, it made me appreciate the clean, quiet convenience of EV charging even more. In this humorous and insightful blog post, I compare the outdated experience of fueling up with the effortless world of electric mobility—and why, if we reinvented transportation today, gasoline wouldn’t stand a chance.

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