• IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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    7 days 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.

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      7 days ago

      To make it distinct.

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

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          6 days 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.

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

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            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.

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

          Polestars look like every generic car out there.

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      6 days ago

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

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