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posted by janrinok on Sunday January 14 2018, @07:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-handle-the-future dept.

Sure looks a lot like your father's Oldsmobile...

Electric cars were supposed to be the future – or at least look like it. So now they're here, why do they still look like ordinary petrol and diesel cars and not dazzling props from a science fiction film.

Before they hit the market and became relatively mainstream, many imagined (or at least, hoped) that electric cars would resemble the Light Runner from Tron: Legacy. After all, without the need for an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system and a fuel tank, electric car designers should have the creative freedom to rip up the rule book and create some truly eye-catching vehicles.

But this hasn't really happened. Park a Renault Zoe next to a Renault Clio, for example, and compare the two. While there are subtle differences and styling cues that suggest the Zoe is electric and the Clio isn't, the overall body form is strikingly similar. In fact, the Zoe is assembled on the same production line as the Clio and Nissan Micra.


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  • (Score: 2) by ledow on Sunday January 14 2018, @05:02PM (1 child)

    by ledow (5567) on Sunday January 14 2018, @05:02PM (#622207) Homepage

    An awful lot of buyers don't care what the car looks like either.

    It never factored in my decisions.

    And when I see the ugly-arse cars that exist on the road today, I don't believe that most other people care either.

    (I mean, what are those side-panel things on some Citroens? It looks like the rubber bits stuck on a toy car that'll fall off in seconds.
    The Fiat Multipla with the stupid double-front? And just about everything on a Smart car?)

    Then you have the colours... there are some seriously horrible coloured cars out there.

    Sure, if I can avoid those I will. But if I'm buying a car, I'd happily buy something that looks like a square box but is cheaper and/or larger inside or more fuel efficient.

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  • (Score: 2) by Webweasel on Monday January 15 2018, @10:13AM

    by Webweasel (567) on Monday January 15 2018, @10:13AM (#622511) Homepage Journal

    You forgot the worst one of all, the Nissan Joke err, sorry I meant Juke.

    Seriously, why the FUCK are these cars so popular?

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