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To: dfwgator

Not really. All the Tesla’s have a very low center of gravity.
Which is one of the reasons they handle so well.

The problem is that these EVs acceleration is incredible. I am not a big EV fanboy because of the Lithium/ion battery safety.
However, they are really fun to drive. Especially the Plaid version. By far the fastest vehicle I have ever ridden in. Including a Porsche 911 turbo.


13 posted on 02/04/2025 8:36:57 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

The point is that everytime there was an accident, the media would go out of their way to point out an SUV was involved.

Now they will do the same with Teslas.

I say this as a non-fan of Tesla cars myself.


15 posted on 02/04/2025 8:38:21 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

By far the fastest vehicle I have ever ridden in.

+++++++++++

You speak truth. They are almost motorcycle fast, if you know what I mean.


16 posted on 02/04/2025 8:50:28 AM PST by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: woodbutcher1963
All the Tesla’s have a very low center of gravity.
. . . because the most concentrated mass - the batteries - can be, and are, put under the floor of the car. Incidentally, the bottom panel of the battery pack container is made to melt first if the battery should burn. Thus, the batteries tend to spill out of the vehicle in that condition.

The other point about the low position of the battery pack is that - unlike an IC engine - the battery mass is below the passenger space and does not pose much danger to passengers of the other car in a head-on collision. What’s under the “hood” of a Tesla is available storage space/structural crumple zone for energy absorption in a collision.


26 posted on 02/04/2025 12:52:26 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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