THE FUSE

You’ll sometimes read or hear sorry laments about the death of the traditional car industry, of how new models and marques are stripping the perceived glamour from motoring and road journeys in favour of synthetic, quasi-autonomous experiences sat in the anonymous, identikit interiors of bland EVs. The cynic will claim that this process has already happened and point to the deluge of new marques and models from China that are upending the traditional order of things.