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Range, acceleration, cornering ability, safety features, cargo space, presence or absence of "smart car" so-called technology, how long any needed software updates are available, presence or absence of self-driving features, availability of maintenance information and replacement parts, how the drivetrain is configured, whether individual components can be replaced with aftermarket parts without the car's computer freaking out, how many watt-hours per mile it consumes, what charging standards it complies with, how fast it can be charged, presence or absence of tiny hard-to-replace components that can brick the car if they fail, what it looks like, how heavy it is, how comfortable it is to drive or ride in, how long it is expected to last before falling apart.

I think it would be a shame if all EVs ended up being essentially clones of each other. Maybe as the technology matures we'll start to see more variety of vehicles like pickup trucks (whether the cybertruck or just an ordinary pickup), off-road vehicles, and so on. I'd love to see someone start making EVs with manual transmissions, for people who actually like driving stickshift, but that seems to be an unpopular opinion.