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Agree. Also, if you click through to the underlying article where the quote comes from you find that Mazda engineers were being very conscious of the total envi
by torgoguys 7y ago
Agree. Also, if you click through to the underlying article where the quote comes from you find that Mazda engineers were being very conscious of the total environmental impact when designing their EV. (Let's set aside their claim about the EV vs. diesels for now). Keeping people from spending an enormous number of electrons to accelerate a bit quicker falls within this design philosophy. Even that that isn't the reason quoted in the article, I bet it was a factor.
- natch 7y agoIt would be mistaken for these engineers to think that something that leads people to pass on their offering and instead choose an ICE car would be better for environmental impact. Better acceleration may use more power, but if it means people buy EVs instead of ICE cars, then it is helping the goal.