Whipping down a narrow, undulating, streamside gravel road in the all-electric Kia EV6, I hit a rate of speed high enough to make my boyfriend clutch the seat bolsters. This is typically the penultimate step before he suggests I slow down, which, given my job test driving scores of sporty cars every year, he does with some regularity.

The answers are expected, and very unexpected, and have major repercussions for the future of the outdoor industry, and the planet.