[jjtheblunt]

> What prevents car manufacturers from taking a normal-looking body style and electrifying it?

Audi and BMW have been doing this for years at this point.

BMW i4 is a 4 series grand coupe (i.e., hatchback sedan in this case).

Audi ev suvs are super close to the gas versions. Both are shifting overlapped designs around though, perhaps specializing.

[xeeeeeeeeeeenu]

Also, it seems Mercedes will discontinue the EQS and EQE lines and replace them with electric S- and E-Class: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/electric-mercede...

[jjtheblunt]

yeah that's interesting though it seems unclear if that's a north american market thing.

https://www.mercedes-benz.de/passengercars/models/electric.h...