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Originally Posted by ZDan
There are a number of mid- and rear-engine cars that might suggest otherwise...
For most people that would easily get them to and from work during the week and handle most weekend trips as well. Yes, longer trips are kind of out of the question, but so what, this is still cool and for me, even with a 55-mile commute, it would serve 90% of my street-car needs.
I worked at an EV company for a while and rode a ~400cc equivalent electric motorscooter most of the time in nice weather. Never having to stop for gas was a nice benefit I hadn't really considered.
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Maybe but they have suspension designed to handle that distribution. Go put 200 or 300 pounds in your trunk and get back to us.
The 80 mile range is based upon the Leaf. The probability of this thing getting that is remote. People are concerned about the 300 mile range on electric cars so why would a probable quarter of that be fine.
I rode a bicycle and took the bus for years and never having to stop to plug in was nice.
I didn't say it wasn't a fun little project I said it was not any form of improvement on the IC base car. Designed and built as one could be a whole different matter.