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To: Red Badger

It looks great but the idea they have to place the battery in the center for better weight distribution bothers me.
It reminds me of the movies when they have to ditch the cargo in order for the plane to fly. How safe can it be?


3 posted on 09/30/2011 9:08:25 AM PDT by Bitsy (!)
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To: Bitsy

Two are in the center front and four are in the center back. (from their website.)

How long does it take a coal powered utility company to charge it for that 372 mile range? How much does each charge cost the driver? How well does it handle a crash? What would be the expected costs from a 20 mph crash?

There are a lot of questions that the answers cannot be found for in the article and on the company website.


6 posted on 09/30/2011 9:13:00 AM PDT by Ingtar (I closed my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone...)
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To: Bitsy
It looks great but the idea they have to place the battery in the center for better weight distribution bothers me.

It shouldn't. Serious race cars try to have the weight as evenly distributed through the body as possible, with many racers have the engine itself towards the middle. That's a feature, not a compensation.


21 posted on 09/30/2011 9:32:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: Bitsy

Putting the heavy battery in the middle of the car and low, lowers the center of gravity, making the car more stable on turns, and equalizes the weight on each wheel, so the motors can be equally driven.................


44 posted on 09/30/2011 10:11:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
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