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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.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:27PM
That's not how my insurance company works... I have heard stories about white cars being cheaper to insure than black with some companies, but that doesn't seem to reduce the black count very much.
Then there's the old "arrest me red" legend, which... isn't all about the red. I've driven a sports car with two bold red racing stripes down the middle, and once in a while a cop will take notice and tail me, but after they determine that I'm under the speed limit and the white hair registers with them, they lose interest and drive away. When I was just a punk kid in a super-bland white Honda Civic, they'd still pull me over for looking like a punk kid, even if I was under the speed limit.
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