user_6282638282@sopuli.xyz to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 1 month agoFord’s new EV pickup is named Fathom, will start at $28,350electrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareKnitWit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up82arrow-down3·1 month agoIt’d be nice of someone told them you don’t need that big pedestrian smasher grill on an ev.
minus-squarejake_jake_jake_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 month agoIt almost looks like they have framing to obscure the true shape under the tarps
minus-squareCricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThat’s my impression of the photos too.
minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s definitely foam blocks to obscure the shape. We use them for camo all the time.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAre you saying they’re hiding a gently sloping hood under there?
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoEspecially since the sole reason for that bullshit is skirting fuel mileage requirements.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI hate how bad the visibility is in new cars. Tiny windows. Massive hoods. Huge blindspots. They probably have a frunk up there. But they could have sacrificed a cubic foot and sloped it down for safety and efficiency.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPickup buyers want intimidating asshole designs.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou dont need it on ICE either.
It’d be nice of someone told them you don’t need that big pedestrian smasher grill on an ev.
It almost looks like they have framing to obscure the true shape under the tarps
I sure hope so.
That’s my impression of the photos too.
It’s definitely foam blocks to obscure the shape. We use them for camo all the time.
Are you saying they’re hiding a gently sloping hood under there?
Especially since the sole reason for that bullshit is skirting fuel mileage requirements.
*child murderer
I hate how bad the visibility is in new cars. Tiny windows. Massive hoods. Huge blindspots.
They probably have a frunk up there. But they could have sacrificed a cubic foot and sloped it down for safety and efficiency.
Pickup buyers want intimidating asshole designs.
You dont need it on ICE either.