I’ve always wondered why electric cars are designed to resemble regular cars so closely, even though they don’t require the same components like the internal combustion engine. It seems like this would be an opportunity to create a more practical and efficient design. Can someone explain why electric cars are shaped the way they are?
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1. People don’t like change – cars should look like cars to appeal to the most people and sell lots of cars. What kind of engine doesn’t matter.
2. Cars need to be a certain size to fit all the standards that have been established for safety and function. Picture a car as wide as two lanes on a highway for example, chaos.
3. Electric engines are more sensitive to drag because they need lots of batteries for range and batteries add lots of cost. Less drag, less batteries, cheaper car. Certain shapes cause less drag, those shapes look like cars.
4. Electric cars ‘use the opportunity to create better design’ all the time. Sit in the back middle seat of an ICE and an electric car. Notice the electric car doesn’t have an annoying hump in your way? Notice the electric car has more trunk space where an engine usually is? etc. etc.
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