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Why do EVs of the current age look so douchie? I wouldn't be caught dead in one.

Tesla model S, X, and Y.

All Lucid models.

Mercedes and Ferraris.

Why can't they look neutral?

I want low-key, efficient, safe, and functional. And ideally more than 35 American miles of range.

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I mean the Ferraris just look like... Ferraris. Tesla Model S looks like a pretty normal car to me, but I agree the Y is goofy looking.

I dunno. If it's electric, I guess it's supposed to look futuristic. No accounting for taste.

There is an e-208 and a ë-C4 in my family. They are the same thing as the non-electric model, just electric.

Peugeot has already announced that the coming models will be the same body regardless of whether they are electric or not (I'm waiting for the e-308 sw myself).

You might not have these cars if you're in North America though.

Hyundai kona and ioniq, chevy bolt, nissan leaf.

These all seem pretty normal to me.

> I want low-key, efficient, safe, and functional.

Here you go. A Kia EV6 GT:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/2023-kia-ev6-specs-debut-revea...

Or maybe you want a BMW i4. The eDrive 40 has more range, the M50 has more performance:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/40872/2022-bmw-i4-edrive40-and...

Volvo/VW/Mazda/Honda/Nissan all make EVs too, and they all look pretty normal to me... XC40 or C40 are probably what you're after? look just like any old matchbox cars..

Ou wouldn't be able to tell a VW ID4 EV from an ICE car.

VW e-Up? Looks exactly like a normal e-Up. In general, most lower-end European and Korean ones are reasonably normal-looking.

The exception, of course, is the Hyundai Ioniq, which looked like the designer watched a few too many dystopian-near-future films while working on it.

Look like bog-standard saloon cars. What's your issue?

I saw an E-Mercedes in my neighborhood today. It was half minivan, half future, with a full plastic front, mostly transparent with no ventilation. What the heck, just.. why? I experienced a visceral negative reaction, like seeing a stillborn child. What are the people who make and purchase these physical atrocities thinking? How do they sleep at night?

I don’t know what ‘half future’ means. But they have plastic fronts for pedestrian crash safety and they can be full plastic unlike normal cars because they don’t need radiators. Same for ventilation - they don’t need cooling so no ventilation.

I wish I'd taken a picture. Pretty sure you'd agree and despise what's coming off the line.

kind of comes with the 'high performance' part. When have those cars never looked douchie? If you want a functional electrical car there's Renault/Hyundai/Honda

Which Honda is full electric? I searched the web and they're arriving in 2024...

the Honda e. You're right that apparently in the US it isn't available yet, wasn't aware of that as I don't live in the states. Very good small EV.

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