There’s that. I tend to give EVs a lot of leeway to be different though, because of two reasons: The function of vehicles in society needs to be shaken up a lot, and the underlying technology of an EV is so different from a combustion vehicle. Form and function are necessarily in flux, so I think the real folly would be to carry on with the design assumptions that have gotten us here, at least not without a critical eye. Things like passenger and road safety have come a long way in a century so some things deserve to stay (looking at you, Cybertruck) but there’s a lot of room for new ideas in this space too.
There’s that. I tend to give EVs a lot of leeway to be different though, because of two reasons: The function of vehicles in society needs to be shaken up a lot, and the underlying technology of an EV is so different from a combustion vehicle. Form and function are necessarily in flux, so I think the real folly would be to carry on with the design assumptions that have gotten us here, at least not without a critical eye. Things like passenger and road safety have come a long way in a century so some things deserve to stay (looking at you, Cybertruck) but there’s a lot of room for new ideas in this space too.