My reasons for not wanting an electric car are that they are simply too powerful. I'm perfectly happy at around the 200 hp-220 hp ballpark. If I were to get a car with even just a small amount more I would hate it because it would make me feel nervous about driving it. As it is now my current car is producing less than 200hp, at 183 hp, and that is brand new specs.
First, most EVs are probably more in the 150-300hp range than the 300+ hp range. But also, perhaps unlike an ICE, the accelerator pedal is quite different on an EV. It is not controlling throttle position but torque request. So if you want less power you press it less and there's really no chance of it accelerating faster than you expect. Some cars have an 'eco' mode which limits power to <50% as well. (Tesla 'chill' mode for instance is like driving a small 1.4L city car, I think the 0-60 time is about 10 seconds.)
I learned driving a car with no more than 140 hp at 3750rpm when new, it definitley had less than that when I was driving it. It was perfectly adequate because it also had 316nm of torque at 2400 rpm. It was also lighter than modern cars. I don't understand why people today need these high powered cars it just makes the road conditions more unsafe and gives you less time to react.
Like having good brakes is important, having extra acceleration can be a safety feature. For instance, if you have to emerge from the emergency bay on a highway into fast moving traffic, if your car can get up to speed quickly, you will pose less of a hazard to other traffic. A lot of roads in the UK also have very short slip roads onto 70 mph dual carriageways, these can be very difficult to merge out unless you get lucky and there is a very long gap. Finally, things like passing tractors or other slow moving vehicles on single carriageway roads, you want to get from 20 to 60 reasonably quickly, so that you are in the oncoming lane for as little time as possible.
What I'm mainly interested in is low down torque and towing capacity and fuel economy.
There is no car currently on the market and there won't be one for quite a while IF EVER that is mainly focused on low cost and low power outputs with high torque outputs for additional towing capacity and is a wagon or utility.
ISTR the electric F-150 is offered still with low range gearbox, but yes we will probably need more cars here before they're competitive with the ICE versions. There's no reason a manufacturer couldn't stick a low range gearbox on the output of a standard EV motor.
My requirements are that it also be low to the ground, because I have to get my mum in and out of the car as she is an invalid, but the electric cars that come close to my requirements are far too overpowered and too high off the ground. So because of this requirement the only options out there are a Toyota Camry but even then they aren't a wagon and they aren't exactly known for their towing prowess and Toyota don't make a camry thats all electric. And the Camry is front wheel drive. And manufacturers usually go all out when putting power to the ground in new electric cars.
A lot of EVs ride no higher than regular cars, but also a lot of EVs are SUVs. So what you want is more like a station wagon EV? The only ones I can think of are the Audi e-tron sportback, and the MG5 EV. The MG5 is pretty cheap (for a new car), the Audi is not.
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