user_6282638282@sopuli.xyz to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 1 day agoFord’s new EV pickup is named Fathom, will start at $28,350electrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkFord’s new EV pickup is named Fathom, will start at $28,350electrek.couser_6282638282@sopuli.xyz to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 1 day agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareKnitWit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up82arrow-down3·1 day agoIt’d be nice of someone told them you don’t need that big pedestrian smasher grill on an ev.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYou dont need it on ICE either.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours 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-up1·3 hours agoPickup buyers want intimidating asshole designs.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoEspecially since the sole reason for that bullshit is skirting fuel mileage requirements.
minus-squarejake_jake_jake_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 day agoIt almost looks like they have framing to obscure the true shape under the tarps
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoAre you saying they’re hiding a gently sloping hood under there?
minus-squareCricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoThat’s my impression of the photos too.
minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoIt’s definitely foam blocks to obscure the shape. We use them for camo all the time.
It’d be nice of someone told them you don’t need that big pedestrian smasher grill on an ev.
You dont need it on ICE either.
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.
Especially since the sole reason for that bullshit is skirting fuel mileage requirements.
It almost looks like they have framing to obscure the true shape under the tarps
Are you saying they’re hiding a gently sloping hood under there?
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.
*child murderer