[brucethemoose2]

I read those three reasons and see: weight, weight, and weight!

Of course a 9000lb hummer EV is going to require more raw materials and work to build, more energy to move down the road, and more effort to dispose of... But all that diminishes in favor of the EV if the EV is built less like a Decepticon land yacht and more like a minimalistic car.

Combustion cars have more of a static mass from the drivetrain they have to haul around with a pretty light gas tank (hence manufacturers have loaded them with luxury stuff without blowing up the drivetrain's mass), but EVs scale down very nicely because the battery dominates the car's weight. Its like the tyranny of the rocket equation: the more weight they carry, they more weight they need to carry that weight around, and so on.

[guerby]

Fossil fuel lobbyists are really smart: for EV everyone is talking about weight and no one is talking about energy efficiency aka joule per distance.

[brucethemoose2]

I mean even a EV land yacht is going to be really efficient. ICE wastes so much heat.

Thats kinda besides the point though, as operational energy efficiency is not the same thing as lifetime carbon emissions.

[NBJack]

FWIW, it doesn't have to be a land yacht to look like an angry Decepticon.

Just look at the rear design of the BMW i3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_i3#/media/File:2021_BMW_i3...

I'm still at a loss on why they designed it that way.

[brucethemoose2]

Inexplicable styling decisions are not limited to EVs, even if they get a disproportionate share.