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How did they let these die? They’re so stylish, we should bring them back immediately except with solid state batteries that can let them drive 200+ miles and charge in 5 minutes.
I’d buy that.
I think one of these except more modern with all the advanced necessary features would actually be awesome.
But we gotta keep the 1920s car design. You csn put a modern battery, and bluetooth, and inputs for auxilery audio devices, and modern stereo syatem, and gps, and all this other stuff…but we gotta keep the old car vibe.
Without the monocoque, I doubt it can pass modern crash safety tests. Nor is there any safe place to install air bags.
What “monocoque?” That was made so long ago they were still talking about coachwork!
Nah buddy, 30’s design is where it’s at, look at this thing:
Honestly, people love to shit on the PT Cruiser but at least it tried to be a little different - arguably in a cool retro way!
Like this thing
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what a useful comment, so proud of you
You killed 3 fish and made a retiree not able to pay her utilities for that picture. Proud of you.
Tell that to the fucking billionaires, not me.
You’re fucking using it. That’s like getting diabetes by eating shitloads of McDonald’s and blaming McDonald’s for it. Or a bartender blaming Phillip morris for second hand smoke.
I already don’t eat beef, own an electric car, and don’t have kids. Stop pointing at me as if I’m the problem. You don’t know shit about me, don’t tell me what to do.
“I am not a pedophile, I don’t mass murder, I don’t staple cats to trees. I’ll publicly piss on anyone I want! You don’t know shit about me, don’t tell me I can’t piss on strangers.”
That’s you. That’s what you sound like.
Yeah, I’d totally drive a non-taxi labeled version of that! That looks awesome!
Wait…who is driving? Oh no bear is driving! How can this be??? Show me the money! Oh no!
Gross.
Remember when thought was given to the beauty of the design of cars (like above), and nowadays we have the mutant electric shaver that is Teslas?
The cyber truck is disgusting. It’s what happens when you give billionaires all the decision making authority. It seriously looks similar to a dumpster.
I highly suspect Musk had the idea for the swastikkkar as a kid and told some people, who proceeded to laugh at him. He then never let that grudge go, deluded that he is always the smartest boy.
No, by the time I was born beauty was secondary to aerodynamics. It was the right decision, but I do understand what we lost is something to be sad we’ve lost.
With teslas my bigger issue is build quality. Though the dumpster they sell is ironically one of the few deviations from the modern prioritization of aerodynamics over aesthetics, it’s just done by someone who doesn’t understand good taste. Compare it to those Honda EVs to see a similar idea done much more beautifully.
I dunno. I recently saw the new Twingo and it’s a very nice and cute looking car. Their 2025 hatchback was also very cool and futuristic looking.
An even earlier manufacturer was Baker Electric of Cleveland, Ohio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Motor_Vehicle. They werem’t the first (EVs had been around since 1880), but by 1906 they were the biggest car maker, running the largest manufacturing plant in the world.
Main market was for those who made frequent short stops, and didn’t want to get their hands dirty hand-cranking the gas or steam motor starters. Their coupe model had a ‘boat-tiller’ instead of a steering wheel.
Jay Leno has a restored 1909 Baker Electric he showed on an old car show: https://youtu.be/OhnjMdzGusc
There was a glut of electric cars, then gas-powered ones with longer range showed up. In 1912, the electric starter was introduced for gas cars, taking away one of the main features of EVs. By 1914, Baker would merge and then shut down.
The most fascinating thing I saw on that wiki page was that Lizzie Borden owned an electric vehicle… and she isn’t even the worst person on the list. lol
