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Sure you could add heavier springs and compensate for the weight but that changes the dynamics even more.
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Adjusting front/rear roll stiffness with the change in front/rear weight distribution would be an improvement, not a detriment, to handling dynamics. I mean, that would be the whole idea of it.
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You could also work at spreading the batteries out instead of just using the space that is already there from the ICE design.
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Yeah, it would be a lot better to have those batteries back behind the rear wheels in the spare tire area relocated to the rear seat area instead. IMO the increased polar moment is a bigger deal than the altered front/rear weight distribution.
Speaking of which, my "electric SV650" indeed handled like a 2-wheel tank because of weight distribution (two heavy packs in added-on saddlebag structures). This would be way less noticeable in a 4-wheeler but yeah, not ideal...
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I think that at some level we actually agree in most points and I am just trying to say that this particular set up is not practical or really beneficial. It is just baby steps towards the future of modding.
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Yeah, I'm with you. For sure this is more of a home-built project and not a holistically engineered car. But STILL, I think it's pretty cool! Really really really hope somebody'll engineer and build a real production EV like this...