https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric

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.

Like this thing

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.

I always knew that reading Donald Duck comic books would pay off one day, I've known about these since I was a child, that's Grandma Duck's car!

Those older cars with the huge windows and great visibility handled rollover accidents by crushing the heads and necks of everyone inside.

At some point we decided the passenger cabin shouldn't be the primary crumple zone, so you can't make cars like that anymore.

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!

There were quite a few electric cars, they started in the late 1800s made by multiple companies. Shit they even had electric trains.

BS. It took a genius the level of Elon and his superior genetics to think of putting an electric motor in a car.

what a useful comment, so proud of you

Gross.

Honesty it seems like a decent car

I'm honesty surprised they managed to get 80 miles of range. That's pretty much what you get with a older Nissan leaf

I don't think you can just magically make a battery that goes that long without serious engineering work

I was scrolling quick so I didn’t notice it was slop until I saw the comment so strangely enough it was actually more useful than I would’ve otherwise initially guessed.

I wish it would’ve gone into how the battery worked. I just can’t imagine that that part of it was too great.

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!

It was lead acid batteries, same as are used today in most gasoline cars to start the engine. That technology has been around for a very long time. It worked for car like this because the car itself was very light, and it didn't go that fast maybe 30 mph or so peak speed. So the power consumption was way way way less than a modern electric vehicle.

Okay, that kind of makes sense. I was looking into solar and automatic switching (no grid tie) and was surprised to see those batteries being used as (smaller) options.

The PT Cruiser looked amazing.

I'd be very happy if more manufacturers took similar style risks.

Buuuut, apparently we get the swasticar cyber truck.

All he did was put up investment money.

This is why most cars these days are black, white or grey. "We don't want something someone WANTS to look at, just something that isn't offensive to the eyes" (sports cars don't count here)

You killed 3 fish and made a retiree not able to pay her utilities for that picture. Proud of you.

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?

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.

Tell that to the fucking billionaires, not me.

I feel so bad for you, what a confusing existence.

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.

You know some absolute dumbasses would actually believe that.

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.

Yea it was an actually decent car. We went the easy route and fucked up the planet by choosing the internal combustion engine.

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.

The really horrible part is Teslas used to actually look great.

Their body stylings are petty lousy lately, but then again so are most modern cars.

Also less people die in dumpster fires.

What "monocoque?" That was made so long ago they were still talking about coachwork!

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.

Nah buddy, 30's design is where it's at, look at this thing:

We know you’re using AI to generate slop and that’s precisely what we’re blaming you for.

One of the wildest things to me is how many places need to move their public transit systems back to from grid electric. Electric trains are awesome. But I'm also of the opinion that the motor/dynamo is akin to the wheel in how fundamentally important and valuable it is.

"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.

You're fucking mental

Thank you. At least you didn't try to tell me I'm wrong.

Combustion engines are way better

Only now are we even seeing electric cars that can complete.

Well Elon does.

If we spent 100+ years focused on electric it would be better.

The motors were fine. It was advances in battery tech that made pure EVs viable. Really, hybrids should have been a thing a lot earlier. Series Hybrid tech has been moving trains, ships and industrial equipment for decades before the Prius(Parallel Hybrid) hit the market.

Did you use your AI to generate some stigmata on your body too? Get over yourself.