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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?
It looks like a fucking killing machine.
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.
EV6 seems to have good viability at least
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.