GTA 6 to feature e-scooters and electric cars: realism or satire?

GTA 6 adds e-scooters and electric cars: the new toy for chaos

Rockstar Games seems determined to reflect real-world urban mobility in the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto. According to available information, GTA 6 will antiestéticature both electric scooters and electric cars in its vehicle roster. Far from an innocent choice, the decision can be read as a statement of intent: in the world of GTA, anything that can be driven can be smashed up.

This is not the first time the series has played with electrification. In GTA V, there was already a mission in which the player had to destroy electric self-driving taxis, a clear parody of social resistance to innovation. Now, with e-scooters flooding cities, Rockstar takes the satire a step further: electric scooters will be just another vehicle, presumably fragile and easy to handle, perfect for crazy races or for being run over by a truck.

The inclusion of these vehicles also reflects a market trend: electric car sales keep growing, and e-scooters are already part of the urban landscape. But in GTA, sustainable mobility becomes fuel for mayhem. Players will be able to choose between protecting the virtual environment or setting a Tesla on fire on the motorway. The irony has not gone unnoticed: in the game, as in real life, the electric vehicle is both a symbol of pogre and an object of hatred.

Rockstar's editorial decision, in any case, reinforces the feeling that GTA 6 will be a distorting mirror of our times. In the 80s it was sports cars and motorbikes; now it is the turn of e-scooters and electric vehicles. The question is how long it will take players to find a way to launch them off a cliff.