Tesla needs a new face for their cars.

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07/14/2017 at 14:13 • Filed to: None

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I understand that electric cars don’t need grilles, but stylistically there’s a much better way to accomplish that than to make it look like Neo when Agent Smith removed his mouth.


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Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:20

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It looks alright.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:21

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Honestly, I find Tesla’s design language to be getting quite stale.


Kinja'd!!! InFierority Complex > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:22

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Integrated rally light bar all the things.


Kinja'd!!! Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:25

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Aerodynamic designs limit the options... Most of the design of most cars is simply wasting energy.


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:35

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They just need to stop designing it like it has a grill.


Kinja'd!!! notsomethingstructural > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:37

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“There’s a much better way to accomplish that than to make it look like Neo when Agent Smith removed his mouth.” 

very good


Kinja'd!!! cberg > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:47

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As much as they need the code finished that’s running the things?


Kinja'd!!! fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:58

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Gives local Tesla drones the excuse to run without a front plate, too - not that someone in that socio-economic strata would ever get cited for it.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 14:58

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“I understand that electric cars don’t need grilles,”

That’s not even true, they have a grille. See the opening beneath their solid grille? 


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 15:22

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My only wish is Elon makes an Aptera type car to take advantage of the aero.


Kinja'd!!! Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/14/2017 at 15:26

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Does it though? Why do they make cars with a place where the grill would normally be?

It’s like having a license plate holder in a state like Michigan that doesn’t require one on the front. Tesla’s have grill (place)-holders. It’s WEIRD.

There’s got to be something they can do to not give the impression they Matrix-Neo-Mouth-Removed-The-Grill.


Kinja'd!!! Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > TheHondaBro
07/14/2017 at 15:27

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But not great.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 15:34

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Does it have to though?


Kinja'd!!! Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > TheHondaBro
07/14/2017 at 15:36

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It’ll sell in its current state. So no.

But maybe it’d sell more? That’s really up to Elon & Co.


Kinja'd!!! Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 16:44

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You have it backwards. They initially didn’t plan to have a grille, but it was too weird/foreign, so they put a fake one on there to make it look more normal. The shape there is due to aero and pedestrian crash safety standards.


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/14/2017 at 17:03

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You can do perfectly attractive grilleless cars, its been proven many times. Tesla just needs the will.

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Kinja'd!!! notsomethingstructural > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/15/2017 at 19:14

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Aw man I’m sorry http://jalopnik.com/jaguar-fixed-our-giant-fake-vent-problem-1796951203