[Celerity]

Government mandates. I used to call it regulations but now it’s all mandates.

That’s why every car looks the same too and why everything is going to suv shapes.

The governments (all of them) put up so many rules that they dictate how something is going to work. And what engine it gets. And seating.

[x]

Or way too early. Most people still can't afford electric vehicles.

Or maybe too late after all. Today's electric cars would have blown 1915's electric vehicles off the road.

But what do I know? I thought Stellantis was a bottled water.

[fuzzylogic]

Yep, that’s why.

Every time the government increases fuel mileage requirements you can say goodbye to ‘style’.

You MUST be aerodynamic to meet the requirements. It doesn’t matter if you have 1 or 1M engineers & designers, eventually the science will push you to the same shape.

Personally, I’d love to see old classics remade as EV’s - I’ve thought about doing a ‘Tesla swap’ on a mid-70’s Lincoln Continental. I always have an ‘around town’ car, I have no problem with an EV for this role. It would be economical and have style.