RagingNerdoholic

The requirement or general use?

As far as I'm aware, other than BC now, only Quebec currently mandates winter tires. But they're fairly commonplace everywhere in Canada regardless.

On snow and ice, there is a profound difference in traction between winter and all season tires.

voluntary

Then what is even the point?

Totally agree that vehicles should be smaller in general.

Nobody needs a pickup outside of industry and agriculture. I don't give a shit about your once-a-year camping trip where you drag your second-mortgaged house-on-wheels to cosplay rugged living. Get a fucking a tent.

Nobody needs an SUV and the only reason they're "safer" because everything is so oversized now that it's just a matter of relativity to other vehicles.

Anything larger than a station wagon is simply excessive for 99% of drivers.

My car just has an aftermarket head unit with BT. I just map my route on my phone and set it in a cubby.

Reality is often disappointing

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What materials could you possibly use other than rubber compounds?

Both are technically true.

EV's are worse on average because they are about 30% heavier than their ICE equivalents, so they'll go through tires faster.

But because of that, they'll also wear down road surfaces faster, requiring more construction thet emits, and requiring more use of concrete.

Same here. Guess we'll both be alone forever.

Nah. Plan ahead, use your phone's GPS with voice instructions.

There are likely a lot of complexities here.

Battery tech will need to improve greatly and be minimalized. EV batteries are currently massive, heavy, and generally engineered as long, wide, flat modules to be installed beneath the floor so they keep the center of gravity low and the vehicle balanced. That's not really possible in an ICE vehicle with all the frame molding around existing exhaust and drivetrain components, and you most likely can't just have some sort of modular battery and motor unit that you just drop into the engine bay, as that would put a ton (literally) of additional weight on one end and mess with the balance.

The draintrain components may need to be replaced or the motor outputs modulated to prevent the torque from ripping it apart.

Power steering and brakes will need to converted to electric assist. AC and heat would need to converted to electric.

Older cars (early 00's and older) with cable throttles will need to be retrofitted with drive-by-wire, or use some sort of adapter module that connects the cable and converts it to digital inputs. Same with brakes.

All of the electronics (lights, wipers, windows, locks, radio, etc.) will need to be rewired since there's no longer an alternator.

Probably will need upgraded suspension and brakes to handle the extra weight.

There's probably a lot more I'm not thinking about or not even aware of. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen outside of rich enthusiast circles, which is terribly sad, because I completely agree with you. Basically everything made after around 2010 is total dogshit.