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Yes, but internally the eGolf is not quite the same structure as combustion engine models. Also the most iconic full EV car, Tesla model S, looks very much lik
by ptaipale 11y ago
Yes, but internally the eGolf is not quite the same structure as combustion engine models.
Also the most iconic full EV car, Tesla model S, looks very much like combustion engine cars. In fact, from distance it's hard to tell it apart from a Ford Mondeo, the symbol of mediocrity (at least in the UK) which is also a fine and nicely contoured car.
The more distinctly formed EV cars, on the other hand, look about as weird as Granma Duck's 1916 Detroit Electric; they have some futuristic aerodynamics but on the desirability scale, they seem to suck.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoThe externals are driven by aerodynamics and should be converging generally. The interior is where there's a bunch of new rules in play, with the front mounted ICE being replaced with a floor of batteries and between wheel motors. That directly allows Tesla to be amongst the safest cars ever built, and to fit more passengers, more comfortably than similarly sized ICE cars. Tesla needs those advantages to balance out initial shortcoming of EV cars, at lower mass-market price points that becomes even more important.