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> in one color Why is "black" and not "white" the standard color? Asking this because I think that black electric cars need in general more air-conditioning,
by zepearl 8y ago
> in one color
Why is "black" and not "white" the standard color?
Asking this because I think that black electric cars need in general more air-conditioning, therefore more energy, have therefore less range than white cars - based on the belief that it's easier to heat a car than to cool it => if the previous statements are correct, why is the high-energy-consumption-colour less expensive than the low-energy-consumption-colour?
- 11thEarlOfMar 8y agoI wouldn't put it past Elon to be because of Ford's famous edict when ramping the Model T: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Ford https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
- ineedasername 8y agoMaybe a nod to Ford on the model t? I think he famously said, "they can have it in any color they want, as long as it's black"
- m463 8y agoI've secretly thought it was like the airlines taking away legroom and making you buy it back with an upgrade.