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on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:40PM
from the how-many-cup-holders-does-it-have dept.
from the how-many-cup-holders-does-it-have dept.
According to the Washington Post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that the Model S is "a little too guy centric." It's an issue that the company is actively trying to correct with X, a vehicle that's expected to cost between $50,000-$70,000.
And it seems to be working, with more than half of the pre-orders for the Model X coming from women.
That's certainly a good thing. In 2014, women account for 40% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold the US, the Washington Post reported. For crossover SUVs, that number is closer to 50%.
Do EVs really have gender specific appeal?
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Tesla is Finally Building an SUV — and They Want it to Appeal to Women
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday June 23 2015, @10:39PM
My hypothesis about women with regard to SUV size is not only a misguided belief of safety, but that being seen next to something bigger makes them feel smaller (and by extension more girly or less fat, or both).
It's why they wear those gigantic dumb-looking Jackie O. sunglasses and coats and boots with all those puffy and furry-looking embellishments. It's also why being taller (including with the height of her shoe heels) than she is is a requirement, and not optional, in the dating scene.
But as far as the safety thing goes, you are 100% correct about the larger SUVs like the Ford Expedition -- hit a bump in the road and the vehicle will flip, and the people unlucky enough to be sitting in the flip-side are going to have their heads bashed in because those things don't have a proper roll protection mechanism and the roofs crumple like tinfoil.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @03:01AM
For every "rule" there are numerous exceptions that show it to be nonsense.
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday June 24 2015, @09:03PM
Go date heterosexually online, in a context with average people with average professions where there's no significant difference of money and power between each match, and tell me just how many will date shorter compared to how many won't. Run a little statistical analysis and then tell me your handpicked example from celebrity magicland is significant.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @03:27AM
> My hypothesis about women with regard to SUV size
Who are you kidding? The only women you know ride the bus.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:59PM
The short bus, that is.
(Score: 1) by Type44Q on Wednesday June 24 2015, @04:21PM
In other words, more women prefer SUV's because less women are physics majors? :p