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Indeed. And one of the reason EVs like Teslas and the Porsche Taycan corner so well even though they're incredibly heavy is also that their center of gravity i
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
Indeed. And one of the reason EVs like Teslas and the Porsche Taycan corner so well even though they're incredibly heavy is also that their center of gravity is so low, due to the batteries being at the bottom of the car.
- quantumsolace 5y agoIndeed not. We've been putting engines mid-bay since at least the 60s. If you want to compare this Tesla or the Taycan fairly, you have to compare it to a mid-engined car. Like the Corvette C8 (The C7 vette's record's better than either EV anyway, but I digress) Low center of gravity is good, but no one would add dead weight just to lower the CoM. Stiffen up the springs and the lighter car is ahead by a lot. [EDIT] Also, we've had boxer engines in race cars since at least the 40s.