It's something Chrysler likes to call "cab-forward design" (http://www.allpar.com/corporate/cab-forward.html), but it's taken to the extreme with this car (the bottom corner of the windscreen is over the center of the front wheel, for crying out loud).
I agree with the others here who think the design is a bit too radical for a production car (which is a nice way of saying it's butt-ugly).
My guess is that these all-electric cars are large because of the space needed to store all the batteries and still give you a usable boot/trunk.
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It's something Chrysler likes to call "cab-forward design" (http://www.allpar.com/corporate/cab-forward.html), but it's taken to the extreme with this car (the bottom corner of the windscreen is over the center of the front wheel, for crying out loud).
I agree with the others here who think the design is a bit too radical for a production car (which is a nice way of saying it's butt-ugly).
My guess is that these all-electric cars are large because of the space needed to store all the batteries and still give you a usable boot/trunk.