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We are still in the motor cars looking like horse drawn carriages without the horses phase. Electric cars don't need ICE engine layouts. It will take a few yea

We are still in the motor cars looking like horse drawn carriages without the horses phase. Electric cars don't need ICE engine layouts. It will take a few years until the designers realise they can have cars looking much different as they have more flexibility. I also have hope this truck on the roads will get manufacturers doing something different. Concept cars at car shows should be where we should look first.

constantly 3y ago
Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling. I’m thinking about it and even with EVs you’d still want four wheels, want to put the battery flat on the bottom for various reasons. So the base seems like it’s four wheels with a flat platform. Building space for 1-6 people on top thought and I seem to arrive at the same designs that already exist. Thoughts?
- me_me_me 3y ago
  there were plenty of 'crazy idea' cars prototypes. The reality is the current designs (tear shaped, front engine, forward facing seats with belts) are result of slow incremental perfections. Safety, fuel efficiency being two biggest drivers (pun intended!). The biggest external factor being the infrastructure (you might have the greatest idea for next personal transportation vehicle) but if it doesnt use roads its pretty much dead . So people complaining have no idea what they really want. Like Ford said “If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”.
  - iainmerrick 3y ago
    Not all ICE cars have the engine in the front, even.
- foooorsyth 3y ago
  >Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling. I recommend anyone interested in the reshaping of EVs for the future take a look at Volvo's "Future of design" video from a couple years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jLLCwgt_U&t=84s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jLLCwgt_U&t=84s
- floxy 3y ago
  Aptera seems to be a little different than most. At least it doesn't have 4 wheels. https://aptera.us/ https://aptera.us/
iainmerrick 3y ago
Electric cars already look a bit different -- many of them don't have a front grille. But what else would you change? I'm not sure there's as much scope for flexibility as you think. Maybe when self-driving cars are common and very safe, internal seat layouts could change a bit. That seems a long way off though.

constantly 3y ago

Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling. I’m thinking about it and even with EVs you’d still want four wheels, want to put the battery flat on the bottom for various reasons. So the base seems like it’s four wheels with a flat platform. Building space for 1-6 people on top thought and I seem to arrive at the same designs that already exist. Thoughts?

me_me_me 3y ago
there were plenty of 'crazy idea' cars prototypes. The reality is the current designs (tear shaped, front engine, forward facing seats with belts) are result of slow incremental perfections. Safety, fuel efficiency being two biggest drivers (pun intended!). The biggest external factor being the infrastructure (you might have the greatest idea for next personal transportation vehicle) but if it doesnt use roads its pretty much dead . So people complaining have no idea what they really want. Like Ford said “If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”.
- iainmerrick 3y ago
  Not all ICE cars have the engine in the front, even.
foooorsyth 3y ago
>Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling. I recommend anyone interested in the reshaping of EVs for the future take a look at Volvo's "Future of design" video from a couple years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jLLCwgt_U&t=84s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jLLCwgt_U&t=84s
floxy 3y ago
Aptera seems to be a little different than most. At least it doesn't have 4 wheels. https://aptera.us/ https://aptera.us/

iainmerrick 3y ago

Electric cars already look a bit different -- many of them don't have a front grille. But what else would you change? I'm not sure there's as much scope for flexibility as you think. Maybe when self-driving cars are common and very safe, internal seat layouts could change a bit. That seems a long way off though.