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> While it doesn’t sound like the automaker plans to release a production version of the vehicle, it did confirm that it will use it as a platform to develop it
by aazaa 5y ago
> While it doesn’t sound like the automaker plans to release a production version of the vehicle, it did confirm that it will use it as a platform to develop its new electric architectures...
I knew it. What is it with these EVcompanies and their pre-announcements? Why do that? Why not just start talking about the damned thing when, you know, it's actually ready to test drive and buy? Is every car maker that desperate for attention?
Oh, that's right. Because these vehicles aren't necessities. They're fashion accessories. I totally forget this isn't about transportation. It's about buying the thing that makes you look good.
- nathanaldensr 5y agoOne word: Marketing. Now there's an entire thread on HN talking about Mercedes. Job accomplished.
- jtbayly 5y agoConcept cars are not a new thing. Nor are they something that just "EVcompanies" do. The reason they do it pre-exists the modern electric vehicle. I remember seeing concept cars (from Chrysler?) at the Mall of America decades ago. And concept cars from all sorts of companies at the Detroit Auto Show. Some of the things they announced about some of those cars eventually made it into production cars. Many of them were never anything but a concept in a concept car, both of which never saw the light of day.