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   margot (emaytch@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:40:13 JST margot

   a friend and i were just talking about how much we want an electric car company to just start using toriyama vehicle designs as design docs https://mastodon.art/@andres_sanchis/114461924017043615

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     margot (emaytch@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:40:12 JST margot

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     the context was how ugly i find most electric truck designs (rivian is... not my fave) and how much i want one of these

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:40:12 JST feld

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     @emaytch so basically the Baja but electric?
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:43:18 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @feld @emaytch Who remembers utes? :blobfoxgoogly: (Photo source)

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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:44:25 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @tk @feld @emaytch australiands sure do
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:45:11 JST feld

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     @tk @emaytch El Camino babyyyy
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     margot (emaytch@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:47:12 JST margot

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     @feld needs a few tweaks to make it cuter, but yeah basically!

     feld likes this.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:50:13 JST feld

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     @ducksauz @emaytch If it's an EV they're designed specifically for aerodynamics or else they get absolutely shit range.
     
     Door handles are 3%. Think about it.
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     ducksauz 🦆 (ducksauz@snug.town)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:50:15 JST ducksauz 🦆

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     @emaytch

     I feel like they're all going in for the "futuristic sci-fi car" look and foregoing everything we've learned about aerodynamics over the past 50+ years.

     But, I'm not an automotive engineer, so WTF do I know, except that they're all pretty ugly.

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     margot (emaytch@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:50:16 JST margot

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     @ducksauz yeah, i actually asked a friend with more car knowledge than me whether there was some sort of design need that made them so blocky-- its such a consistent trend and i don't like it. oh well, not like im buying a car anytime soon anyway, lol

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     ducksauz 🦆 (ducksauz@snug.town)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:50:17 JST ducksauz 🦆

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     IMO, the design ascetic of most EVs (not just trucks) is crap. They're all too blocky for my taste.

     Makes me glad I got my eGolf while VW was still making them.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 05:52:35 JST feld

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     @ducksauz @emaytch Rivan R1T's drag coefficient is 0.30 Cd. Ford F-150 Lightning is 0.44 Cd and the Hummer is over 0.5 Cd.
     
     Tesla Model 3 is 0.23 Cd