My first thought exactly. The hood is completely absurd for a ground up EV design on a dedicated platform and immediately stands out as a stupid design. This is one area Tesla really excels, with even the CT.
FWIW, designers would likely forgo the high front but there are pedestrian impact standards that require a high front to pass. At low speeds, perhaps there’s a front camera to assist in parallel parking?
This idea jumped the shark long ago. It's true if you're talking about going from a Miata to a Civic. It's not true extrapolating up to modern SUVs that are like a brick wall at the front. Trucks would be super pedestrian friendly if that was the case, but instead they keep killing people as obviously it hit a point, somewhere around probably an ID3, where it gets more dangerous again.
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bloopernova@programming.dev · 9 pts · 3y
Oh good, yet more high fronted vehicles.
I applaud Kia for making electric cars, but I wonder how much visibility the driver will have immediately in front of them?
preciouspupp@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 3y
It looks like a fucking killing machine.
shitescalates@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y
EV6 seems to have good viability at least
pedalmore@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
My first thought exactly. The hood is completely absurd for a ground up EV design on a dedicated platform and immediately stands out as a stupid design. This is one area Tesla really excels, with even the CT.
Followupquestion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
FWIW, designers would likely forgo the high front but there are pedestrian impact standards that require a high front to pass. At low speeds, perhaps there’s a front camera to assist in parallel parking?
pedalmore@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
This idea jumped the shark long ago. It's true if you're talking about going from a Miata to a Civic. It's not true extrapolating up to modern SUVs that are like a brick wall at the front. Trucks would be super pedestrian friendly if that was the case, but instead they keep killing people as obviously it hit a point, somewhere around probably an ID3, where it gets more dangerous again.
scytale@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Looks like a large and elongated Soul.
d000d@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Looks like a StormTrooper from StarWars