I agree with Martin in general. Some of the (non-muscle) concept cars look nifty but why would I want glass doors? A glass door vehicle is a death trap in even a minor collision, and let us not consider glass roofed vehicles. Perhaps these designs are a plot by the auto companies to make sure they will never have to produce the things and can stick with gas - regulators would dismiss these things out of hand as laughably unsafe.
AC responding to Martin: Most consumer cars are designed in wind tunnels now already - that's why all sedans in the mainstream market look like each other. The bodies are already aerodynamic, maximizing it for not having air intakes does not require making vehicles look like strange moon buggies. Surely the batteries can be spread around the chassis to be neutral wrt centre of mass. As for aircon: aircon is for assholes.
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I agree with Martin in general. Some of the (non-muscle) concept cars look nifty but why would I want glass doors? A glass door vehicle is a death trap in even a minor collision, and let us not consider glass roofed vehicles. Perhaps these designs are a plot by the auto companies to make sure they will never have to produce the things and can stick with gas - regulators would dismiss these things out of hand as laughably unsafe.
AC responding to Martin: Most consumer cars are designed in wind tunnels now already - that's why all sedans in the mainstream market look like each other. The bodies are already aerodynamic, maximizing it for not having air intakes does not require making vehicles look like strange moon buggies. Surely the batteries can be spread around the chassis to be neutral wrt centre of mass. As for aircon: aircon is for assholes.