Some of these concepts were even genuine surprises.

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era::The Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo saw the debut of five different electrified sports cars, ranging from production-intent coupes to outrageous concept supercars.

  • hanniEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Ghastly cars from nissan subaru and toyota. Amazingly ugly. The mazda is inoffensive, but less iconic than the honda e sportscar from a few years back.

    • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Eh, I like the Mazda. It basically looks like what I would have pictured as a “futuristic Miata” a few years back. I will say I’m more interested because of its power train though.

      But when I say “more interested” I just mean it’s cool. I’m 6’6, no chance I would fit in it.

      • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Honestly the power train is the #1 reason I dislike the Mazda. They tease bringing back rotary engines, only for them to be a gimmick. It doesn’t look awful, and does stay fairly true to Mazda styling. The back looks like a Ferrari, but overall it isn’t ugly.

        • raptir@lemdro.idEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m a big fan of series hybrids. PHEVs are great for alleviating range anxiety but parallel PHEVs can be sluggish if the battery is depleted. Building a sports car series hybrid seems like a great option to get you the awesome performance off the line of an EV while handling the range anxiety concerns so many people have.