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I Just dont understand why everyone seemingly make EVs ugly on purpose...
I just don't like that so many of them are fucking hatchbacks. I just want a sedan (that isn't a god damned Tesla).
I think no one competes with Tesla Model 3 because they're behind on tech. Only BMW i4 is in the same category I think.
Except BYD cars. One of the reasons the US government is so furiously keeping them out is because their technological superiority to all American cars, including Tesla, would destroy the current American car market. All that and they are ridiculously cheaper.
The 80s racing Volvo station wagon was sick.
The Taycan is gorgeous.
It needs to be lower. I feel it looks like that took a good silhouette and added a box at the bottom to fit the battery in.
What's wrong with hatchbacks for you? Is it just the appearance? Genuinely curious. Toyota Crown is a fastback sedan, although it's quite tall and I assume the rear glass is a liftback.
I just don't like that style of car.
That reminds me of the Opel Ampera. The original 2013 model was a decent looking sedan.
But every new model in that line has been a fugly hatchback…
The secretly don’t want to manufacture them so they make them look like shit?
Obviously they can be made to look normal, the Ford Lightning & Mach E, Lucid, Polestar, and even a Tesla all look pretty normal and arguably some look really nice. But ask a mainstream manufacturer to make an EV car and they look stupid half the time. The Prius finally doesn’t look like it’s trying to virtue signal with its ugliness, so designs can be improved too.
IMO, it's probably more that they overdesign them. They want the EV to look futuristic and unique compared to their regular cars, but their cars already look like that to some degree, and so they overcook the design into looking like some science fiction vehicle. Take the Ferrari, for example, they tried to make it have a floating arch where the hood would normally be.
That's fine for a movie or video game, but in real life, coupled with the practical limits, it just doesn't look very good.
The Ferrari was designed by Jony Ive. It definitely looks like something he would design. He's all about clean, minimalist design where everything is utilitarian.
Ferrari as a brand is about beautiful extravagant design in the fastest and least useful vehicles on the planet.
I can't think of a less synergistic combination that Ferrari and Jony Ive.
Better fits for Jony Ive would be Hyundai, Kia, BMW and Mercedes. Those four are making some ugly ass cars that need to go back to the drawing board.
So, you are Ferrari and you hire the designer of the fucking original translucent iMac.
The Luce is the iFerrari.
I think the Cadillac is doing a good job with their new EV design. They do a good job of making it look like a Cadillac but better.
That‘s definitely a possibility. People don‘t want futuristic unless maybe it‘s a sports car, and even then it‘s iffy.
I don't agree on the Prius. The 2026 version has worse consumption and a smaller trunk so it could look more like any other SUV. People buy these cause they are the best economics for the size and Toyota made it more like "what they think a phev suv should look like". I'd say that's the opposite of your point.
2024 and 2026 Prius both show 57/56 city/highway economy on fueleconomy.gov for the most economic models. The 2022 shows 54/50, the 2019 58/53.
So it looks like average economy has improved.
As for cargo, that’s unfortunate to lose space, but if they can get more people to buy the car because it looks more “normal” then that’s better, no?
Dont throw sense their way 😅
More people using less fossil fuels = better always
Tesla look like poo. Polestar are nicer by a mile but the backwindow is veey EV aesthetic
I don't now if I'd call this ugly.
Xiaomi SU7
Up to 1548 Hp...
There's two big reasons.
No front grill
So much of a brand's identity can be carried by the grill and headlights. And on an EV, there's no need for a grill. But just a slab of flat metal looks weird, so they add stuff to break it up.
Drag
The range of an EV is a lot more sensitive to drag than an ICE car.
So in order to reduce the drag, shapes are smoothed out.
Aero efficiency becomes a much bigger priority than looks.
I think you're right, but optimising for drag is going to change all cars into the same thing. If brands want to retain any kind of identifiable look, they need the engineering to give them some slack.
The front grill isn't a problem for Ferrari design language. The 296 "grill" is mostly the haunches. An electric 296 would just flatten that out.
Similar story on drag, once you get rid of the mid engine air intake, drag would probably be within respectable drag for EV.
Questions would be about if they want a lot of battery range. This would screw up weight and ride height.
I don't agree, but a lot of times the design is driven by efficiency, as it is far more important for an EV vs. ICE
Also completely subjective..
The Ferrari Ev looks sick as do Hyundai's offerings and hell even the new Prius is pretty cool. (I know it's a hybrid)
Maybe you just have a really narrow scope of appreciation lol.
The fact that you're mentioning it in the same sentence as a Hyundai is the problem with the Ferrari design. It just looks like a much cheaper car.
I agree, debates about the ugliness or attractiveness of inanimate objects are very confusing.
So people won't buy them. O&G companies still own the auto industry.
I actually really like the look of my Renault Megane E-Tech
Battery could be better, but else I'm really happy with it - and the look of it
People who drive gas cars personally, make ugly EVs. They don't build cars for themselves, they build cars for what their prejudiced minds think EV drivers want. The problem here is probably that none of the Ferrari leadership drives an EV.
Audi has the best looking cars to my eyye, of all the standard person cars. Their EVs are asstastic looking.
they’re trying to compete with Renault’s handsome EV designs
The Renault 5 EV is really cool.