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re: Why are electric vehicles so ugly?

Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:17 am to
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25405 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:17 am to
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Sorry, not a single one of those cars touches this:


This isn’t a car show. You are remembering a time when gas powered cars were not sad, miserable, and over regulated shite boxes. Those days are long gone and are never coming back. There are seldom few vehicles with V8 engines and manual transmissions available anymore.

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but our highways are clogged with this bullshite now:







If they wanted us to love modern ICE vehicles, they’d make them better looking and better performing. They look like a bunch of angry toasters with way too much overbite. And most are as visceral and entertaining to drive as turning on a washing machine.

Most of the EV’s at least have decent proportions and appropriate dash to axle ratios. And you can tell the designers have a lot more freedom to do whatever they want because they don’t have to fit a huge engine and transmission over the front axle.

And I’d rather look at an ocean of Tesla Model 3’s or Blazer EV’s than another Nissan Altima doing 80 with its damaged front bumper cover flapping in the wind. Or hear another low IQ dipshit with a squatted pickup with no muffler.

And yeah….the EV’s usually perform so much better, offering instant torque and stupid fast acceleration. If we can get the costs down and figure out how to set up charging points everywhere- they will be ideal for most drivers.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 7:20 am
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
4970 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:55 am to
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And yeah….the EV’s usually perform so much better, offering instant torque and stupid fast acceleration.


It all depends on what you value. I rather go slower in a Porsche GT3/C8 Z06/Ferrari 296 with intoxicating body lines and have the visceral experience of the sound, the smell, the vibrations than quietly go fast in a straight line in mundane body shape.

To each their own...
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
30853 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:01 am to
Bugatti is coming out with an EV



Most of the major car manufacturers' EVs look very similar to the similar models available with an ICE to me

Toyota Highlander (top) to BZ4X full elctric









Honda CRV (top) vs Upcoming (sometime this year) Prologue





But I will say that plug-in hybrids seem like the way to go, to me. Plug in for urban use with a fuel tank/generator to provide range for trips. At least in most of the country that makes substantially more sense.

I think EVs would have had a much better reception if it had not been forced on everyone like we were moving toward the world envisioned by Rusn in the song Red Barchetta



A link to the song on YouTube Rush - Red Barchetta (Visualizer)
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
20036 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:08 am to
The all electric companies have sweet looking rides. The legacy companies have the little tikes versions. Probably just to differentiate
Posted by Nuts
Michigan
Member since Oct 2011
1024 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 8:11 am to
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It's supposed to be ironic right.

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That's why people like it right.

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It's like the fake faded bowling shirt at Urban Outfitters right.



Right
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24777 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:30 am to
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It’s not just electric vehicles.




Inceed it's not. Just look at the BeaverMWs out there right now. Gross





Posted by Kody
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2024
80 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:34 am to
Why are they blowing up for no reason. Firefighters are scared to put it out because they are so toxic
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12671 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:41 am to
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Why are they blowing up for no reason.

They are not. There are a couple very well known and understood reasons the storage unit experiences a thermal event.
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Firefighters are scared to put it out because they are so toxic


They're "scared" because they are difficult to and time consuming to put out and they are not being properly equipped to do so. But while more severe, they burn much less frequently than ICE and even less than hybrids.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17194 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:44 am to
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Tesla Model S Plaid...


Still ugly
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
12833 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:44 am to
Because they are trying to make them look like 2050 futuristic
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8397 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:51 am to





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Tesla Model S Plaid...

Not Ugly...


I mean, it doesn't look too bad.

Wait, being told that is a Camry.


Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28385 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:55 am to
Bugatti is going all-electric, IIRC.

Bad plan.
Posted by SidetrackSilvera
Member since Nov 2012
1966 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:55 am to
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the fake faded bowling shirt at Urban Outfitters


Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12671 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:01 am to
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Bugatti is going all-electric, IIRC.

I’ll believe it when I see it. I feel like most of them are signaling this to get money to invest in the tech then pivot to hybrids once they have the electric side figured out.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
30853 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:05 am to
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Bugatti is going all-electric, IIRC.

Bad plan.



Is it really though? They are such high-end expensive cars that no one uses them for long trips. So that may be a niche market that eats that up. In 2022 Bugatti sold 80 cars, which was up from the previous high of 67.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25405 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 11:47 am to
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The all electric companies have sweet looking rides. The legacy companies have the little tikes versions. Probably just to differentiate


Maybe.

I really like the Prologue and the Blazer EV. Same chassis. Really good proportions and a creative design. The ICE Blazer and Passport are very meh.

I also recently rented an Ioniq 6 sedan which I think was a looker. Not as much of a fan of the Ioniq 5 hatchback.
Posted by BayouBaw84
Thibodaux
Member since Oct 2016
1191 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 11:47 am to
Because they are liberal. They have that in common with liberal women.
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28385 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:39 pm to
Sorry, yeah, it was Bentley, not Bugatti.

Bentley has since announced plans to delay the all EV lineup.

Duh.
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
30396 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:48 pm to
Well they have to build a car around the metric ton of batteries so the result is a space bubble.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
12528 posts
Posted on 3/25/24 at 6:58 pm to
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Why are electric vehicles so ugly?

Victim of a massive battery.
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