Is there electric cars in this game?

[[FURRY] Peppermint]

I am looking at the game and I want to know if there is any electric vehicles.

If you know any details, could you say what kind of electric vehicles there would be?
Any high end electric vehicles, mid range are all of the electric vehicles just low end?

[djpanzer1]

So far none of the vehicles are confirmed as electric and the only known fuel source is CHOOH2.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

This discussion might be helpful: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1091500/discussions/4/3006675644842998478/

[Zefnoly]

Makes little sense though if there wouldn't be any... Already in the 90s electric vehicles where known to be revolutionary as soon as battery tech would reach its end. And dystopian movies and books from the 80s and 90s Ive touched already had them in them. Like Gattaca had electric cars in it with 80s style and it was really neat concept. I would love to have a fancy EV with the retro style of an 80s car. Not just that but already today the fastest legal car on the market is 100% electric. Combustion engines will likely never be able to beat the effeciency and strength of modern electric engines due to the nature of combustion engines. They are not even interesting to me anymore and honestly never been a fan of their noisy sounds... Meanwhile my irl electric car litterally make synthwave sounds as engine sounds. Would be awesome to have a 80s looking retrofuturistic EV in this game. I already heard the lore has them. If there are none it rather seems more like the devs dont really care about EV's or the cars in the game at all. Most of them are boring to me. And mostly dissapointing when I saw the "showcase" of the ingame cars. I will stil likely enjoy the game. But with all the quality of life removals ive seen and heard about Im rather worried. Even GTA V has several electric low end, mid end and high end cars. Which is pretty funny knowing how satirical that game is.

And again. Here is the fastest car in real life legal on roads today. https://youtu.be/Jexb79-U_7w

0-100km/h in less than 2 seconds... It speaks for itself. In the showcase of cars in the game the devs tried to make it seem like that in 3 seconds would be impressive.

I really havent seen any other arguments for them not existing rather than "the devs not being interested in doing it" which is kinda funny to me... Seeing all the other games ive seen with electric cars like GTA, or even post acopalyptic games like Death Stranding. Or even BeamNG simulator.

So yes I would like some real confirmation weither or not this will exist in the game. I don't want my hopes up. The car showcase episode of live wire was already just dissapointing really... I've never been impressed by noisy combustion engine sounds. But it is something I need to be able to live with living by a road frequently used by noisy cars. Will stil enjoy the game. But the cars just wont be any interesting to me. At least there is far far more to this game than just driving boring retrofuturistic combustion engine cars... Fictional fuel or not.

Originally posted by mobius_one:

So far none of the vehicles are confirmed as electric and the only known fuel source is CHOOH2.

The name of that fuel doesnt even make much sense. "CHOOH2" which irl is a variant of formic acid so even ethanol would be a better option.



Nonetheless it would be hillarious if even GTA V would have electric super cars and low end cars, but a cyberpunk game would not...

[zacharyb]

Originally posted by Zefnoly:

Makes little sense though if there wouldn't be any... Already in the 90s electric vehicles where known to be revolutionary as soon as battery tech would reach its end. And dystopian movies and books from the 80s and 90s Ive touched already had them in them. Like Gattaca had electric cars in it with 80s style and it was really neat concept. I would love to have a fancy EV with the retro style of an 80s car. Not just that but already today the fastest legal car on the market is 100% electric. Combustion engines will likely never be able to beat the effeciency and strength of modern electric engines due to the nature of combustion engines. They are not even interesting to me anymore and honestly never been a fan of their noisy sounds... Meanwhile my irl electric car litterally make synthwave sounds as engine sounds. Would be awesome to have a 80s looking retrofuturistic EV in this game. I already heard the lore has them. If there are none it rather seems more like the devs dont really care about EV's or the cars in the game at all. Most of them are boring to me. And mostly dissapointing when I saw the "showcase" of the ingame cars. I will stil likely enjoy the game. But with all the quality of life removals ive seen and heard about Im rather worried. Even GTA V has several electric low end, mid end and high end cars. Which is pretty funny knowing how satirical that game is.

And again. Here is the fastest car in real life legal on roads today. https://youtu.be/Jexb79-U_7w

0-100km/h in less than 2 seconds... It speaks for itself. In the showcase of cars in the game the devs tried to make it seem like that in 3 seconds would be impressive.

I really havent seen any other arguments for them not existing rather than "the devs not being interested in doing it" which is kinda funny to me... Seeing all the other games ive seen with electric cars like GTA, or even post acopalyptic games like Death Stranding. Or even BeamNG simulator.

So yes I would like some real confirmation weither or not this will exist in the game. I don't want my hopes up. The car showcase episode of live wire was already just dissapointing really... I've never been impressed by noisy combustion engine sounds. But it is something I need to be able to live with living by a road frequently used by noisy cars. Will stil enjoy the game. But the cars just wont be any interesting to me. At least there is far far more to this game than just driving boring retrofuturistic combustion engine cars... Fictional fuel or not.

Originally posted by mobius_one:

So far none of the vehicles are confirmed as electric and the only known fuel source is CHOOH2.

The name of that fuel doesnt even make much sense. "CHOOH2" which irl is a variant of formic acid so even ethanol would be a better option.



Nonetheless it would be hillarious if even GTA V would have electric super cars and low end cars, but a cyberpunk game would not...

Here's the problem with your thinking, you're thinking of this game as our world 50 years into the future, that's not what this game is at all. This game is based off an alternative reality where different events happened and different technologies exist.

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

[Zefnoly]

Originally posted by zacharyb:

Originally posted by Zefnoly:

Makes little sense though if there wouldn't be any... Already in the 90s electric vehicles where known to be revolutionary as soon as battery tech would reach its end. And dystopian movies and books from the 80s and 90s Ive touched already had them in them. Like Gattaca had electric cars in it with 80s style and it was really neat concept. I would love to have a fancy EV with the retro style of an 80s car. Not just that but already today the fastest legal car on the market is 100% electric. Combustion engines will likely never be able to beat the effeciency and strength of modern electric engines due to the nature of combustion engines. They are not even interesting to me anymore and honestly never been a fan of their noisy sounds... Meanwhile my irl electric car litterally make synthwave sounds as engine sounds. Would be awesome to have a 80s looking retrofuturistic EV in this game. I already heard the lore has them. If there are none it rather seems more like the devs dont really care about EV's or the cars in the game at all. Most of them are boring to me. And mostly dissapointing when I saw the "showcase" of the ingame cars. I will stil likely enjoy the game. But with all the quality of life removals ive seen and heard about Im rather worried. Even GTA V has several electric low end, mid end and high end cars. Which is pretty funny knowing how satirical that game is.

And again. Here is the fastest car in real life legal on roads today. https://youtu.be/Jexb79-U_7w

0-100km/h in less than 2 seconds... It speaks for itself. In the showcase of cars in the game the devs tried to make it seem like that in 3 seconds would be impressive.

I really havent seen any other arguments for them not existing rather than "the devs not being interested in doing it" which is kinda funny to me... Seeing all the other games ive seen with electric cars like GTA, or even post acopalyptic games like Death Stranding. Or even BeamNG simulator.

So yes I would like some real confirmation weither or not this will exist in the game. I don't want my hopes up. The car showcase episode of live wire was already just dissapointing really... I've never been impressed by noisy combustion engine sounds. But it is something I need to be able to live with living by a road frequently used by noisy cars. Will stil enjoy the game. But the cars just wont be any interesting to me. At least there is far far more to this game than just driving boring retrofuturistic combustion engine cars... Fictional fuel or not.


The name of that fuel doesnt even make much sense. "CHOOH2" which irl is a variant of formic acid so even ethanol would be a better option.



Nonetheless it would be hillarious if even GTA V would have electric super cars and low end cars, but a cyberpunk game would not...

Here's the problem with your thinking, you're thinking of this game as our world 50 years into the future, that's not what this game is at all. This game is based off an alternative reality where different events happened and different technologies exist.

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

Ive heard electric cars exist in said timeline too... There is no reason as of that I've seen for them to not exist... Electric cars have existed since the 1900 centuary...... And has been brought up for development several times in the past 50 years due to fear of fossil fuels dissapearing or simply being expensive, not just for enviromental reasons. And the reality that electric engines cant be matched by combustion engines in performance when you have the batteries needed. If they went as far as making an alternate fuel for combustion, electric propulsion would obviously appear next to it even in this timeline. And I've met people who said they are in the lore as well...

So no. Please dont assume that I think this is in OUR timeline. Im thinking logically even if it would be a different timeline. Unless the timeline split was in before the first worldwar and electric engines of any kind along batteries where never invented. And problems with normal petrol never happened. All which is wrong. In this timeline there obviously are batteries, electric engines. And petrol existed and was replaced with a synthetic fuel. Which would only happen if there was a problem with normal petrol in the first place.

EVs definitely do exist in Cyberpunk lore. All those high-tech drones used by corporations and the government? EVs. The nice, sleek cars used by the corporations and the rich and powerful? EVs. So if there are No EVs in this game its more or less because the devs dont care or bother. Which is why I am asking if they are in the game or not...

[Zefnoly]

So there are no answers to this qurstion?

[Zefnoly]

Originally posted by zacharyb:

This game is based off an alternative reality where different events happened and different technologies exist.

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

Another fault with this. Which I even see in the trailer. Is how even smartphones just like the ones in "our" timeline exists... If this is such a different timeline. Why would they exist? But not EV's which is even described in lore? Or is also smartphones described to be just like the ones we have today in the lore?

[cheetah1546]

wouldn't there be an acceleration problem when it comes to electric?

[[FURRY] Peppermint]

Originally posted by cheetah1546:

wouldn't there be an acceleration problem when it comes to electric?

Oh boy you're new to electric vehicles are you?

[cheetah1546]

Originally posted by Bandetto:

Originally posted by cheetah1546:

wouldn't there be an acceleration problem when it comes to electric?

Oh boy you're new to electric vehicles are you?

Yeah I'm going to be on foot as much as possible and not use fast travel unless I have to

[koji]

does it realy matter if its electric or not ? im so confused

[[FURRY] Peppermint]

Originally posted by koji:

does it realy matter if its electric or not ? im so confused

For me, yes. Because if it doesn't have EVs I am not really going to have a fun time on the game. There I am not going to waste money on that game.

[koji]

Originally posted by Bandetto:

Originally posted by koji:

does it realy matter if its electric or not ? im so confused

For me, yes. Because if it doesn't have EVs I am not really going to have a fun time on the game. There I am not going to waste money on that game.

but why does it matter ? i can understand why someone would not buy it if it was not their type of setting but EV's ?

[Darth Zweig]

This topic seems to be a thinly veiled attempt to discuss climate change and the impact of combustion engines. >.> I'm sorry, but I find it extremely hard to believe that your ability to enjoy this game is based entirely on the inclusion of electric vehicles. Then again, people have their things...

*sigh*

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that even if EVs are not included in the game, I could see that being a fairly easy mod to make and you'd probably be able to find a like minded modder to do it. Should be as simple as editing sound files and, if you like, vehicle stats. At this time, unless someone wants to correct me, I do not believe that any mention of EVs has been made thus far. For what it's worth, I hope you can find what you want either in the base game or through mods.

Edit: perhaps someone who has modded The Witcher 3 could give some insight on the RED ENGINE and how likely this possibility is?

[Zefnoly]

Originally posted by koji:

Originally posted by Bandetto:

For me, yes. Because if it doesn't have EVs I am not really going to have a fun time on the game. There I am not going to waste money on that game.

but why does it matter ? i can understand why someone would not buy it if it was not their type of setting but EV's ?

Some people are just tired of the annoying sounds combustion engines make. And if they dont have any EV's at all the devs really somehow care less than games like GTA V. If a game about being criminals are going to have 6 different EV's of all tiers. Low end. High end and supercar.

But a cyberpunk game wont. Then I will be deeply dissapointed. And it would be hillarious.

I drive an EV in real life for many reasons. Performance and effeciency is one of them. My car easily beats every other petrol car in most roundabouts and X crossings for reasons. Reaction time is infinetily superior on EVs. Not just that but my car makes Synthwave sounds as engine sounds. If a Cyberpunk game is gonna care more about having boring combustion engine sounds then I wont have any fun with the vehicles of the game.

Does it matter? Well depending on what I wrote. It will decide wither or not I will find any interest in driving in this game. And just stick to playing the rest of the game knowing how hillarious it is that even a game about being a criminal in a satirical america is going to have EVs but not a cyberpunk game. Also people should stop pulling the Lore card. The devs have already done a lot of liberty on that in making this game. And EV's exist in lore. Several of my friends who have delved into the original lore have even seen multiple references to them. So I guess the biggest reasons for them not being in the game would be biased devs who dislike or dont care about EVs. But again. That would be hillarious knowing even GTA has them... I will stil have fun with the rest of the game. Just not it's vehicles...

Originally posted by Zweig_Arvel:

This topic seems to be a thinly veiled attempt to discuss climate change and the impact of combustion engines

Did you read anything? I never mentioned climate ever. I came with legit points unrelated to any climate based stuff... Nobody else did ever. Just because topic of EVs are brought up dont mean it has to do with climate. If I did please quote me on where. And if I did it would at most be one unrelated mention... And to your modding answer. The devs havent mentioned any will to add modding support.