WTF? Please no… Why does an electric vehicle have to look so stupid?

If this is our future then I’m quite thankful that I’m most likely already playing my back nine.

I think this might be a better business case if there was a petrol engine along side the EV model

IF I was THAT serious about having a tiny EV city vehicle, and seeing as how the article claims this may end up as a single seater to meet safety regs I’d rather wait for an all electric motorcycle to hit my local dealers. I’d rather be on a bike than look like I’m on the set of a low budget sci fi movie.

long ago in the early-mid 80s there was a show about a vehicle kinda like this…1 seater, low slung, it might’ve been a trike (can’t remember) but the thing banked into turns and i thought that was the coolest thing ever…it wasn’t electric, of course, but i’ve been waiting for that concept to re-emerge with electric power…this thing does look a bit like a robotic vacuum, but i’m not averse to the concept of a 1 or 2 seat electric/hybrid small city vehicle…

the thing i remember from that show was that way the thing banked into turns, it was almost like you were flying the thing instead of driving…very cool for pilot-wannabe kids out there…

What the he!! is this thing? I would never drive that. I agree with 2WheeledSpeed. Why do EV cars have to be so ugly? Terrible looking.

I can’t wait till the day I see a normal looking electric car, Tesla and Dodge Ciruit aside. The Volt looks bloated and this just looks plain weird.

This looks like a car Woody Allen would enjoy.

I feel like I want to break this damn thing! Drop kick it over the fence or something.

What the eff? Absolutely absurd to market this at an Infiniti dealer. “Come by and test drive a G37, M56, and wacky 1 or 2 seater EV-mobile” Just doesn’t work… Of course I don’t want to see it at a Nissan dealer either, but that’s were it belongs. Next to the Nissan Leaf or whatever it’s called.

@LWA. I remember watching a Top Gear review awhile back of an enclosed motorcycle that rotates from side to side on a gyroscope. If I can remember what it’s called or track down the episode I’ll post here.

I think it was the “carver”

It really looks like something out of “Roger Rabbit”……

@LWA. Found it! It’s called the Carver…and yes it’s a trike. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR1V24dzHrg

haha beat me too it atoms. I always forget to hit refresh!

So why does it have to lean over? Is it to keep the puke off the sides of the car because you’re bound to get sick behind the wheel?

Nissan is usually pretty decent in the design area, but this is horrid. Sorry, Nissan, this thing looks like you took the worst of the G-Wiz and that VW tandem car and put them together.

The Carver is actually pretty cool, and it looks like a blast to drive. An EV Carver would be pretty sweet, to me. I’d try to buy one.

Naww it wont.

I will laugh until I die if this was true

“I have seen the future, and the future is… Huh?”

I used to have a lot of fun building model cars. Half the fun was picking out which cool classic or hot rod to put together each time. This goofball “car” flies in the face of the toy industry for two reasons: First, who’d buy this poopy thing to replicate? Second, on a 1:24 scale, you’d need a freaking microscope to glue the parts together. Where can I buy a paint brush with one bristle?

There’s lots of theorizing about what we’ll all be driving in ten or twenty years. I hope most of it proves unprophetic, but my suggestion (and intention) is to get behind the wheel of as many cool rides as I can before the only place you can see real automotive genius is in a museum, and the only place you can drive it is in Fantasyland. (You know, that place where alsvw lives…)

I’d take Clark Griswold’s “Family Truckster” before I’d try to yoga my way into this can.

It is not like the carver. Only the front wheel of it tilts…

Try Bmw’s simple concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsawyK81XY&feature=player_embedded
Damn nissan… They can’t think anything of their own…

I was hoping the future would look more like this:

http://www.seriouswheels.com/jkl/Lexus-Concept-Minority-Report-FA-1280×960.htm

I was hoping it would be more along the lines of this:
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mad-max.jpg

As usual, I’m rowing into a headwind of public opposition. I like this . . . car is it?

yeah, these concepts are along the lines of what i’m remembering…i like the more recumbent styles…lower center of grav, blah blah…still a over-arching problem is that a wreck with one of these and an suv = splat…

A4, is that you wielding the chain?

LWA, I think even this concept would win in a head-on with the Chinese Hummers.

What the Sh*t is this thing?!!! I swear Infiniti never ceases to amaze me. They have a fleet of shovel looking cars. I can’t stand the looks of any of their new models with the exception of the G37 Sedan.

It’s an interesting concept in that it solves certain problems – the relatively conventional doors on both sides is one problem with in-line vehicles like the Carver, VW’s 1-liter concept and the ECO mobile. But it combines certain attributes of the ECO machine with 4 wheels yet keeps the tilt, which is cool. The Carver looks fugly up front while the ECO’s retractable wheels are novel but impractical and fragile.

As it stands it’s advancing the art in tilting vehicles but it’s a tough sell outside markets which accept the micro car as standard fare.

To try and sell that as an Infiniti would be stupid as hell. Sell it as a sub $15K Nissan, that I could see. People shopping for an Infiniti are the ones looking for a luxury car that is a bit more performance oriented than the other JP rivals and are also not willing to pay out the a$$ for a similar preforming german car. What part of that description says to you “sell me and expensive, tiny, econo-sh1tbox”?

Pick one up at HomeDepot next to the vacuum cleaners…

They sell vacuum cleaners at Home Depot?

Oh, wait, shop vacs.

I like the Idea in an Ideal World; however, the problem with this in the US its not like Japan a homo genius society where courtesy and the rules of the road are followed strictly so this car will be perfect for the Japanese Market. On the other hand, The US is far different in the fact we have numerous crazy drivers who Drive Earth Mover Sized SUV who not only do not observe the rules of the road they expect you to look out for them so a car like this- IS Great- but its a moving death Trap with the way people drive in the US.

I also second the motion for those dumb enough to drive a smartfortwo on the freeway when really the only place or rather the safest places to drive one would be a small town out in the country. City Driving maybe but then again I am skeptical with the way &&&Holes drive

Nissan just decided to make it under Infiniti brand in US after market studies showed that average American women cannot fit inside the vehicle do to expansion on their waist line. However the study also showed that trophy wifes and people rich enough to afford gym membership as lifestye would fit in the vehicle. (/sarcasm)