EV Stupidity Checklist

# Summary The article criticizes modern electric vehicles for abandoning reliable, time-tested automotive design features in favor of flashy but poorly functioning innovations like electronic door handles and touchscreen controls. Author John Siracusa argues that while Tesla's futuristic design choices made marketing sense in the early EV era, automakers should now prioritize proven functionality and safety over cost-cutting measures and unnecessary electronic complexity. He provides a checklist of essential design elements—including physical door handles, mechanical charge-port doors, and traditional controls—that all cars should maintain to avoid preventable design failures.