←back to thread

Volkswagen seeks to counter rivals with budget EV model

(www.ttnews.com)
144 points herbertl | 2 comments | 06 Mar 25 00:36 UTC | HN request time: 1.761s | source
Show context
hansvm ◴[06 Mar 25 00:59 UTC] No.43274871[source]▶
However good this thing is otherwise, "ID Everyone" is a horrible slogan for a new car. I wouldn't mind some manufacturer agreeing to not buy/sell your sexual history, creating radios which aren't vulnerable to remote controlling the car via buffer overflows, and otherwise treating cars like physical goods you own and can rely opon instead of hooks into your personal life.
replies(4): >>43274911 #>>43274938 #>>43275073 #>>43283492 #
melenaboija ◴[06 Mar 25 01:21 UTC] No.43275073[source]▶
I might be too old but I still don’t understand why carmakers have to do electric vehicles weirder than gas vehicles in every sense, weirder lines, weirder lights, weirder names, weirder interiors.

Not saying is bad, just saying.

replies(8): >>43275124 #>>43275142 #>>43275145 #>>43275220 #>>43275311 #>>43277763 #>>43278761 #>>43283529 #
1. ryao ◴[06 Mar 25 01:28 UTC] No.43275145[source]▶
They want attention for sales from a younger demographic. That is because old people are too set in their ways to be willing to buy newer models and getting the young to adopt it will eventually produce a new generation of old people who will only buy it. That is how Toyota killed the Avalon. They chased after young people by making the car weirder and weirder, and then the people who actually wanted it could not stand to look at it anymore.

That is my personal opinion that is the result of a small sample set of observations.

replies(1): >>43275249 #
2. sureIy ◴[06 Mar 25 01:40 UTC] No.43275249[source]▶
In what way does the Avalon look weird? It looks like a typical car to me. If you want weird look at Citroen cars.