Why Are Electric Cars Always So Weird Looking...?

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Why Are Electric Cars Always So Weird Looking...?

Answer 1

Because the big car makers are in bed with the big oil & energy cartels and do not want the "green" cars to look fancy to slow down the advantage of the technology.

My 2 cents.

Answer 2

Some Electric Cars may look very weird because they need to have an aerodynamic  body. This will decrease the price of the battery drastically because less energy will be required.

Answer 3

Since the power source is so feeble they have to be very light and aerodynamic, with big wheels to reduce rolling resistance.  They also must have a heavy-duty suspension to deal with the weight of the batteries.  

The highly-touted GM EV-1 had thin wheels like those of a motorcycle, with special tires inflated to 70 psi, it said on the tire.  The electric motor was one impressive hunk of iron, too.  

Don't wait up too late to see the Tesla.  Production models are promised in fifteen months, minimum.  I don't really think they're ready to make much of anything yet, if ever.

Answer 4

Because they lack horsepower and it's body is not made for high speed. and the battery that used to store energy is too bulky and the control circuit for the motor is also hard to design and that compromises the design of the electric car so it's design is not good at it seems.

Answer 5

shocking isn't it

Answer 6

I dunno... But with the price of gas what it is now, I bet those lil electric suckers are starting to look better to alottt of people everyday!

Answer 7

Because most of the designers are nerds ?  The Tesla isn't weird !  It's the best of the bunch !  Electric cars don't have to be tiny and look like a clown car .  Some one needs to make a good looking sedan EV .  They would sell like hot cakes .

Answer 8

dorks who pay to have electric cars built and designed (and some of the designers) think the cars need to look futuristic for people to care or want the electric cars

I just want a reliable electric sedan...drop the over designed, over archetected, over engineered garbage....just give me a basic electric car for city commuting

Answer 9

They are only weird looking because you are used to cars that do not need to be efficient and aerodynamic. Anything that is out of the ordinary for people is considered "weird" until they get used to it.

But isn't it exciting that some people are willing to make a product that many will consider to be "weird" because they are committed to building for a better future? These people are fighting the stagnation that has gripped a great deal of this culture and should be commended as the innovators that they are!

Answer 10

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Sometimes they make 3-wheel EVs so that they can get them to market sooner (because they then qualify as motorcycles and don't have to pass crash tests).  Sometimes they look "weird" to make them more aerodynamic.