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[-] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why do companies specifically make EV cars look weird? I guess I can see the marketing reason. It's just silly though.

Maybe one day we will see function put over form.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago

To make it distinct.

The new Ford F150 Lightning actually looks like the standard gasoline truck it's based on.

[-] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

And as it turns out, it wasn't enough to keep it alive.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Their EV marketing sucks ass, probably intentionally. I own an EV and I loved the Ford Lightning back when it first came out. I had no idea the new Lightning was an EV until I happened to see one in person and even that was luck that I happened to notice it.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, Ford has a reputation for ~~whoring out~~ recycling old nameplates for new vehicles completely unrelated to their namesake's predecessor.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Watch Will Prowse's videos on the Lightning he owned. He was not a fan, and I think he ended up getting a replacement that was just as bad, and he finally unloaded it. And Prowse is a rabid EV-solar guy, but he doesn't put up with shit. Can't say I'd be in a hurry to buy one and I really want an EV pickup.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

No pickup buyer gives a flying fuck about global climate change.

Polestars look like every generic car out there.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Aerodynamics to reduce drag in an attempt to increase range.

[-] Bassman27@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago
[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Because Honda Japan is too its own ass to give Honda America credit for doing a phenomenal job in the Honda Prologue.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thats the one thing I do like about Tesla. They were well styled. No pointless vents or wank. They just looked good.

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