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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Maybe but they have suspension designed to handle that distribution. Go put 200 or 300 pounds in your trunk and get back to us.
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Easy enough to put stiffer springs in back and softer in front to balance the handling. Stock car is woefully front-heavy anyway, IMO...
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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.
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"People"? Yeah, a lot of folks need to be able to go a lot farther than that. But a lot of people don't. No, a car like this isn't for everyone.
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I rode a bicycle and took the bus for years and never having to stop to plug in was nice.
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??? Irrelevant. I rode my electric bike just as I would ride my ICE motorcycle. You would have had a time doing my commute either on a bicycle or via public transportation.
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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.
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It is an improvement in terms of emissions. And weight distribution
I hope that before we go to all autonomous cars we at least have an era were there are smallish/fun rwd electric cars for a bit. Not counting on it... Still it's great to see projects like this.
FWIW here's my electric SV650 motorcycle I built with some help from my friends:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTcbaMjF9A[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM33sk7rBI4[/ame]