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My assumption is the ugly design of early electric cars was intentional to make sure they didn’t sell too well. Tesla broke that cartel and showed the reason t
by pmorici 5y ago
My assumption is the ugly design of early electric cars was intentional to make sure they didn’t sell too well. Tesla broke that cartel and showed the reason those early cars didn’t have universal appeal is because they were horrible vehicles not because they were electric.
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoThe fact that even BMW created an abominably ugly electric car is proof enough for me that it was an active decision to uglify them as a disincentive to purchase. BMW must have been in a very difficult spot to release that swollen pug-face of a car into public view. It's "smart" business, but "smart" business almost always overlaps entirely with "X unfriendly" (where X = consumer, environment among others).
- VintageCool 5y agoEarly hybrids and EVs were designed to stand out and show that the owner cared about the environment to drive an EV. Now that EVs have arrived and make sense for every car, the styling should change to just be a good-looking good-driving car.
- moffkalast 5y agoAt least that's what they tell us the design was for.