[robertnowell]

imo the exterior looks like a cartoon BYD and should be killed with fire.

however while folks are negative on Ive for the car shape, he only designed the interiors not the car body, and the interiors are kinda lovely car interior design:

-no touchscreen (dangerous while driving) -clicky, intuitive tactile switches and buttons -thoughtful use of color (display base color changes based on driving mode)

I mean even just looking at those air conditioning vents (rotate vent to open/close) is classive Ive: intuitive but sophisticated.

I hope more manufacturers copy these new/old patterns on the interiors.

[laserlight]

> he only designed the interiors not the car body

TopGear reports otherwise [0]:

> In a genius move, they hired design agency LoveFrom to handle the exterior and interior execution: that’s headed by former Apple chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive.

[0] https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/its-finally-here-m...

[robertnowell]

you are correct, I amend my claim.

the interiors are nice, but overall imo the car is a design failure.

[dui0828]

Thanks for sharing this!

[stonogo]

Is the giant rectangle in the middle of the dashboard not a touchscreen?

[robertnowell]

fair point, but it is not a tesla-style “giant iPad”

primary inputs while driving are buttons and knobs

[King-Aaron]

> imo the exterior looks like a cartoon BYD and should be killed with fire.

Honestly, if the car itself was a BYD Luce and cost $50,000, the internet would be in awe and I personally think it would be sick.

But nothing about it screams (or even whispers) half a million dollars and then some.

[hulitu]

It looks like an iPhone. They just had to raise the cam^Hboot and lower the front. And the backlights look so original: besides 50 car brands, nobody else has this type of backlights. /s