Today's new energy vehicles have a wide range of types, and the most distinctive thing is the handsome appearance of super streamlining. It can be said that all pure electric cars with more than 200,000 yuan seem to have the appearance of almost a sports car, and compared with the appearance of fuel vehicles, it is much inferior in this regard.
It is undeniable that there are many fuel vehicles with a handsome appearance, but they are often ridiculously expensive. And ** cheap fuel car appearance is mostly due to the duty, there are few exciting ideas? So what are the factors that make today's pure electric vehicles have such a strong advantage in terms of appearance, and what are the same factors that limit the appearance of entry-level fuel vehicles? Why is the appearance of a gasoline car not as unrestrained as that of an electric car?
Compared with today's pure electric vehicles, fuel vehicles started too early, more than 100 years ago? Even since the 70s of the last century, which was fully popularized, it has been more than 50 years, and many styles of fuel vehicles have existed more than half a century ago, so it is natural to retain some design language and elements, which is the so-called family-style front face. As shown in the picture above, the original BMW 3 Series, although the appearance is not comparable with the current 3 Series, the two nostrils on its front bar can still be clearly seen.
As you can see in the picture above, this is the 3 series today, but the same two nostrils have become so large that they have seriously affected the aesthetics. What is the reason? The reason is very simple, because these two nostrils are a BMW family design, are they still BMWs without these two nostrils? Therefore, the designer is burdened with the historical burden of overweight, and the design of any BMW must retain the design of two nostrils, so naturally it will not be as whimsical as the up-and-coming pure electric car. Compared with gasoline vehicles, pure electric vehicles started too late, and the most aesthetic design elements of today can be used directly, without considering the family design language, because it is the first generation.
No matter what you do, the engine can't escape the boxy shape, such as the most common front-mounted 4-cylinder, and the L-shaped layout itself is very high. Coupled with a series of accessories such as gearbox, cooling system, etc., these occupy a lot of front space, which means that the engine + a series of accessories occupy the engine is difficult to bypass. Therefore, the design of the appearance of the fuel car is difficult to be as romantic and whimsical as the tram, because the power part of the tram is very little dependent on space.
As shown in the figure above, this is the basic structure of a pure electric vehicle, the motor is very small, at least much smaller than the engine, and secondly, the flat structure of the battery can be arranged directly on the chassis and it is easy to achieve uniform counterweight. The non-load-bearing body buckled on the frame can be completely operated by the designer's imagination, and of course, it must also be designed according to the core of the low drag coefficient. The point is that once any vehicle has an ultra-low drag coefficient, then the appearance is naturally low and streamlined, so it will naturally have a sense of beauty.
Isn't there a saying in the field of modified cars called "low cover a hundred ugly"? As long as the height of any car is lowered, the appearance of the vehicle can be improved instantly. Whether it is a petrol car or a tram, it is actually suitable for this reason. The small powertrain of the tram requires very little height of the cabin, so many of the mid-to-high-end pure electric vehicles we can see have extremely low and streamlined bodies. Secondly, because the energy density of the battery is limited, in order to increase the endurance, the drag coefficient can only be continuously lowered. In this way, the appearance of pure electric cars is constantly on par with sports cars and supercars, can it not be beautiful?
The drag coefficient of fuel vehicles is often low to a certain extent, and it is no longer overly sculpted. But the tram is different, the range is an absolute pain point, and in order to solve this pain point, reducing the drag coefficient to the extreme is a necessary thing. Therefore, the appearance of sports cars has become the consensus of many new energy vehicle companies, and the benefits are of course a lot, such as reducing wind resistance, handsomeness and easier for young consumer groups, and not being limited by family design. After all, the first to accept new things must be young consumer groups, and the appearance of old-fashioned is completely over.
This is a question that requires absolute rationality to think clearly, it is undeniable that today's trams have a lot of appearances, but there is no ugly one? As shown in the picture above, an entry-level tram cannot be said to be ugly, but it has nothing to do with being handsome and eye-catching. This appearance is not much different from the closest oil truck, and what about the oil truck in the picture below? Of course, it is responsible for the appearance, and the shape is very handsome and sharp. So what's the point? The point is that the comparison should be based on the best proximity, and it is unreasonable to compare 30-50 tens of thousands of trams to Corolla.
The shape of the *grid fuel car is also very good, and the low** tram is also ugly. Although the advantages of the related structure make the appearance of the tram more malleable in a sense, the problem is that this stronger appearance malleability is also inseparable from the accumulation of money and budget. You should be aware that whenever a new thing or new product appears, its compatibility process is often top-down. The same applies to trams, which means that the first trams all broke one million, such as Tesla's Model S, X, and Fisker Atlantic.
And shouldn't such a high ** have a top-level handsome appearance? It's just that the riders who are accustomed to the old-fashioned appearance of 100,000 and 200,000 fuel vehicles have not fully adapted to the sudden tram for a while, which has led to the problem of comparing high-end trams with low-end fuel cars. In fact, whether it is a tram or a fuel car, the appearance of the oil car is to follow the first, the appearance of the oil car below 100,000 is less, and the good-looking tram at this price is not more than 10,000 trams The appearance is good-looking, and the shape of the oil car at this price is also good, but it is just a lack of a bit of science fiction feeling. This is due to a series of reasons.