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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @07:52PM (1 child)
The earliest electric cars were about 100 years ago.
You referenced one from the 80s and a concept image which could be any of the (moderately successful) bubble cars currently in production and use (more common in Japan, but).
Neither was first. Only one is a failure.
You can do better, Nukie m'boy! Put some thought into it lest we think you're intellectually lazy, or too foolish to google before making claims. Ie. before we start treating you like a lie-prone child.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @10:07PM
There was a TeeVee show called "Grounded for Life" that came on after "That '70s Show" IIRC.
The crazy brother/uncle lost all his money and stuff and ended up driving the worlds ugliest production car. [google.com]
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