That seems right. But then another question...why do they want to signal that they're different from their other cars?
Yes. The old car companies make their electric cars look odd to signal that they're different from their regular cars. Whereas Tesla's electric cars are their regular cars.
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Many that buy electric want you to know they bought electric. I imagine it is also more visible to cops that patrol carpool lanes.
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Yes - there have been some studies that indicate that consumers will pay =extra= for an “ugly” car, as a way to signal their eco-wokeness.
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To be fair to them Toyota made the original Prius look normal (basically a Toyota Echo) and only once they made it look ~different~ did it take off. Many people cannot recognize 1st gen Prius!
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First gen Prius looked like this: Then it looked weird, and then it was successful. It was surmised: People wanted to be known as the "person who had a hybrid." I wonder if some of that reasoning is still around.pic.twitter.com/ibbeRGeic7
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That's why Kodak and many other old companies died and are dust now because they didn't adapt! In business Either adapt or die!
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Disagree. Kia Niro is not an ugly car and looks pretty cool. Infact while driving you wouldn't be able to tell a Niro EV from Niro PHEV is the missing front grill! Tesla only has AI above this car and it does 272 miles normal driving (280 if driving eco+).
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What DC fast charging speed does the Kia Niro get?
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It’s a classic innovators dilemma - the urge to “differentiate” the new product from your current product that delivers your revenue. The current product has all the exec level support so the innovative team tries to “be different”.
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