I Just dont understand why everyone seemingly make EVs ugly on purpose...
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The secretly don’t want to manufacture them so they make them look like shit?
Obviously they can be made to look normal, the Ford Lightning & Mach E, Lucid, Polestar, and even a Tesla all look pretty normal and arguably some look really nice. But ask a mainstream manufacturer to make an EV car and they look stupid half the time. The Prius finally doesn’t look like it’s trying to virtue signal with its ugliness, so designs can be improved too.
I don't agree on the Prius. The 2026 version has worse consumption and a smaller trunk so it could look more like any other SUV. People buy these cause they are the best economics for the size and Toyota made it more like "what they think a phev suv should look like". I'd say that's the opposite of your point.
2024 and 2026 Prius both show 57/56 city/highway economy on fueleconomy.gov for the most economic models. The 2022 shows 54/50, the 2019 58/53.
So it looks like average economy has improved.
As for cargo, that’s unfortunate to lose space, but if they can get more people to buy the car because it looks more “normal” then that’s better, no?
they’re trying to compete with Renault’s handsome EV designs
People who drive gas cars personally, make ugly EVs. They don't build cars for themselves, they build cars for what their prejudiced minds think EV drivers want. The problem here is probably that none of the Ferrari leadership drives an EV.
I don't even think it looks that bad, it just doesn't look like a Ferrari
I imagine that's the issue, that it does in fact not look like a Ferrari, when it is supposed to be a Ferrari.
Yeah definitely, like if Audemars Piguet released watches that didn't look like an Audemars Piguet they'd definitely get a similar reaction from similar clientele.
No doubt!
I saw an image edit with a Toyota Prius badge and I legit liked it
Hyundai's Ioniq Venus concept actually kind of looks like if Ferrari designed a Prius
That’s kinda neat looking honestly.
Front end looks very Lamborghini to me.
Tbh I don't know high-end cars well enough to tell the difference. I thought some of the older Ferrari designs had that angular front, though?
Honestly, too many Cybertruck vibes for my taste. Maybe it's better from other angles
I feel like this what a more finished design of the cybertruck could have been. Personally, I like the sharp angles and strong lines on this car (to clarify, the cybertruck is fugly and has no redeeming qualities) and hope we see more of this style in the future.
Its growing on me. And the rims as an old GenX'er didn't Vector have a set like that w/ the Bi-Turbo/Twin Turbo? I like the "Jet Turbine" look of them.
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But I can see why an EV Ferrari would get backlash from the purists. Its not a traditional ICE race car. That said I see racing going to EV as the torque is insane on electric. We are already seeing it in drag bikes
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Another prediction on EVs, their charging bottle neck will be filled by standardized batteries that can be removed by a robot.
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Like a car wash you pull up, a clanker comes up from the floor and removes your batteries. They go into inventory to charge and can be cell by cell inspected and charged batteries are installed. 10 minutes TOPS.
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This fixes recycling and repair. I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this, but its going to happen.
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Oh and your correct this looks NOTHING like a Ferrari, I mean not even "Ferrari Red®"???
We need better formatting of text on here asap,
Like a car wash you pull up, a clanker comes up from the floor and removes your batteries. They go into inventory to charge and can be cell by cell inspected and charged batteries are installed. 10 minutes TOPS.
This is already being done in China.
I totally agree. It looks like a startup made a concept of a vehicle in a movie. It’s not ugly by any means ugly but when I see a Ferrari I KNOW it’s a Ferrari. Same way with a McLaren or a Lamborghini.
The company's shares plunged by 8% the day after the Luce was unveiled.
Lol. They let an iPhone designer design a Ferrari, and it really shows.
Whoever designed that smooth as a booger look clearly didn't have a poster with Ferrari on it, in their room, as a kid.
I would sell their stock too, if I had any.
I thought he just designed the interior?
Johnny I’ve would drive around in. Sinclair C5 and it shows
Stock up 4% today on the firing news lol
This seems like two unrelated stories. It wasn’t his decision to buy the car, nor did he design it. So it seems unlikely that he’s resigning because people don’t like the design or idea of it
Ferrari has one of the greatest design teams in Pininfarina yet they choose a person famous for making a rounded rect to make a totally new product. This is what they get for their poor choices.
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How hard is it to put a battery on a testarossa.
Dumbasses tried to reinvent the ev
How did they get to unveiling without anyone reviewing the design? Or did everyone inside Ferrari sign off on it as being acceptable?
They bypassed a large chunk of the Ferrari design and engineering and marketing team, who hate it with fierce Italian passion. They think management have betrayed their history
Yes!
There was no reason to make it look so out of place, unless they actually wanted to tank sales. Nothing about its look is necessitated by the EV drive train versus ICE.
That's not a marketing issue, that's whoever approved that design. Which, to be fair, may be the marketing boss depending on how their corporate structure is.
I mean, I feel nuts because I've complained about so many EVS that look terrible and not like a normal ice car.
Yeah, true. But to be honest, as the marketing boss he has to defend that bullshit thing and I wouldn't stand for it as well.
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Yeah, it looks like something Jony Ive designed... Shortly after the LaFerrari came out they said they'd never do an EV or SUV, which is probably where most of the backlash come from. How the turn tables, eh?
Edit: Did Jony Ive also design the interior? Because it looks like straight out of an Apple Store.
The thing that gets me is when car designers make a car that's trying to be something it's not. It's an EV, not an ICE vehicle. If anything, amplify the motor hum under load (accelerating). Don't simulate engine sounds. We're tired of living in a simulation.
I drive an EV
This sort of shit doesn't help with idiots hating EVs on principle
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Eh, they make boring looking SUVs, and a good chunk of their lineup is just expensive sporty ~~sedans~~ coupes. Not really surprised they’re making an EV, but it’s pretty ugly.
Guess they wanted a “unwanted stepchild” that couldn’t be associated with the design style of the rest of the fleet. They certainly succeeded with that.
Edit: apparently I’ve woken the Ferrari fans.
The Purosangue is an SUV. A sedan can be either two or four door for the record. You’ll have to forgive my casual use of “sedan”, it should be coupe or similar.
I think you mistook Ferrari for Lamborghini or Porsche.
Umm... I don't think Ferrari makes either SUVs or sedans. You might try calling one of their models an SUV if you are really stretching the definition. Only one of their cars in their entire history has had 4 doors.
This could be a Lotus. Lotus E-clipse or so
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