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by microsoftedging 31 days ago
Why is every EV these days an amorphous blob? Even Ferraris are being homogenised. Can't believe Ive designed this. Interior is okay, but not special; the exterior though... It looks like any other of the thousands of blob EVs in the market. It's actually so bad
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33MHz-i486 31 days ago
well … batteries take up a lot of volume within the chassis and they need ultra low drag to compete on range. all the EV designs converge to blob
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microsoftedging 31 days ago
Well, TIL! Thanks for the info I actually didn't know this
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giancarlostoro 31 days ago
Considering Ive is responsible for my least favorite era of Apple, I can believe it. They kept making Macs as insanely anorexic as possible at the cost of upgradable / swappable RAM and storage space, plus that failure keyboard (what was it the butterfly nonsense?) that was the absolute worst season in Apple history, I held off ever buying another Mac as a result till last year.
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prmoustache 31 days ago
Because once you don't have a combustion engine there is no need for a hood anymore as your car is virtually just a skateboard with batteries at the bottom for an as low as possible weight distribution.

All EV designs should converge to monovolume or van shaped vehicles as it is simply the best internal space to external space ratio while allowing decent aero.

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ale 31 days ago
Technically it also means you can do whatever you want and yet still nobody does.
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iugtmkbdfil834 31 days ago
This is the one place where I can give Elon real credit. He made EVs popular partially by making them not look like shit.
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oaiey 31 days ago
He, however, forgot to upgrade the look over time.

I blissfully ignore the cyberpunk era.

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NetMageSCW 28 days ago
The recent refresh of the Model 3 and Y did a lot to upgrade the look.
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prmoustache 31 days ago
They basically copy/pasted Ian Callum design language.

Boring as f. imho as Tesla Never had their proper design language, the model S being a 4 doors copy of an Aston Martin DB7 and the other models very Ford inspired.

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elromulous 31 days ago
I believe Ive was tasked with designing the interior only.
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andsoitis 31 days ago
He (his firm) did both the interior and exterior.
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