I'm not fond of EVs , rented one at MCO . The EV SUV was bleh. Criminals like in CA are targeting Tesla EV charging stations and vandalizing them which is pretty sad. Give me a 6 speed manual naturally aspirated V6/8 engine with hydraulic steering any day. Save the manuals! A gym lap swim buddy of mine has a Tesla. He told me last year he took a long trip and put the car on auto pilot on I-95. He tilted his drivers seat back for an hour and the car did the driving.
Oldest DDs family (her, SonIL, and 2 young granddaughters) have 2 vehicles.
She drives a Volkswagon Atlas, which runs on gasoline, and he drives a Kia EV6 which is all electric. He’s a tech guy, and they’ve always owned at least on hybrid or EV.
As far as manual trannies go, my ‘85 Mustang GT was a 5-speed mated to the 5 liter (302 c.i.) V-8.
That thing was a blast to drive, but, about 5.5 months after I bought it new, I totaled it in 1-car rollover DWI accident.
Shortly before DWifey and I got married in ‘88, we bought an ‘88 Hyundai Excel with a 1.5 liter (92 c.i.) 4-banger and a 5-speed manual tranny. It’s also the car that I taught DWifey to drive manual on. That engine was also a bit of a dog, so manual gear selection gave it a little bit of a much needed boost. Other than that, that thing was bulletproof reliable.
The next vehicle we bought new in ‘90 was a Jeep Cherokee Laredo. It had the 4 liter (242 c.i.) straight-6 with a 5-speed manual tranny. That thing had some great get-up-and-go, and both DWifey (it was mainly her vehicle, and by then she was a manual tranny pro) and myself liked that a lot, but pretty much the whole vehicle proved itself to be a POS over time.
The last manual shift car we bought was a used ‘95 Hyundai Accent. It also had the 1.5 liter and 5-speed tranny like the Excel, but it was pushin’ 92 hp vs. 68 hp for the Excel. Again, another bulletproof Hyundai that I drove ‘til it, pretty much, dropped…!!!
A coupla’ pics of the Kia EV6 below…