[freshfey]

Actually I think it has less to do with appearance and more to do with efficiency as every mm counts in an electric car drag coefficient.

[loeg]

Priuses don't have this problem.

[reissbaker]

Prius handles only affect MPG, which is a number people care less about than miles of range.

[perl4ever]

If electric cars are more efficient, doesn't that mean every mm counts less than on a gasoline powered car?

[jeffwass]

Why wouldn’t ICE cars be equally affected by car drag coefficients?

[audunw]

They are, but range is not as big of an issue with ICE, so less pressure to optimize drag coefficient

[londons_explore]

Fuel is cheap. Nobody cares about that extra 0.2 mpg.

For electric it's an amplified effect, because a slightly lower drag coefficient means less energy use per mile, which means you can have a smaller battery, which in turn means lighter, which is again less energy per mile.