I think you make some very valid points. The last Model 3 I spent significant time in did have that general responsiveness to acceleration that you mention, except off the line. I would put my foot to the floor and it would take at least half a second to start moving. I will add the caveat that this was a Hertz rental, so provenance and history unknown.
And I will admit my ICE experience recently is with higher performance cars (my daily driver is an RS 5, which is very much designed to be street and track), where the transmission is absolutely responsive (I think the clutch time was in the 90ms range?). And it seems most ICE CVTs (which I thought would be free from this issue) are optimized for economy rather than response.
> how the gear change from forward to reverse is a flick of the wrist and so on
This is pretty common in performance ICEs. In my car, the gearstick sits in a "neutral" position, and you poke it forward (it returns to neutral) to go into reverse, and pull it momentarily back to go into drive (if you're actually wanting to change gears manually you push it momentarily to the side, and then it functions as a sequential shifter, or of course you have the flappy paddles).
I do appreciate your insights, different perspectives are always good!
And I will admit my ICE experience recently is with higher performance cars (my daily driver is an RS 5, which is very much designed to be street and track), where the transmission is absolutely responsive (I think the clutch time was in the 90ms range?). And it seems most ICE CVTs (which I thought would be free from this issue) are optimized for economy rather than response.
> how the gear change from forward to reverse is a flick of the wrist and so on
This is pretty common in performance ICEs. In my car, the gearstick sits in a "neutral" position, and you poke it forward (it returns to neutral) to go into reverse, and pull it momentarily back to go into drive (if you're actually wanting to change gears manually you push it momentarily to the side, and then it functions as a sequential shifter, or of course you have the flappy paddles).
I do appreciate your insights, different perspectives are always good!