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I wonder if another aspect of it is an effort to minimize weight, in order to offset the weight of the battery. The Tesla model 3 long-range battery is 1060 lb.
by AlanYx 4y ago
I wonder if another aspect of it is an effort to minimize weight, in order to offset the weight of the battery. The Tesla model 3 long-range battery is 1060 lb. To put that in perspective, that's essentially hauling around the equivalent of almost half the curb weight of a Honda Fit just for the battery.
- ben7799 4y agoNot putting massive 21" wheels on everything saves a lot of weight too, while making it possible to carry the spare. The giant wheels are easier to brake, easier to get a flat tire on, cost more to replace. The tires cost more to replace as well. They are really terrible in many many ways and are driven by looks more than anything else. The massive wheels on modern cars are so big and heavy the suspension designs have had to be redone to handle them.. they add lots of unsprung weight, which makes everything harder. Giant wheels for performance is mostly marketing. So much so that race cars held onto smaller wheels for a very long time. F1 only recently changed to big giant wheels, and the engineering teams were not happy about it, the change was marketing driven to make the F1 cars look more like street cars.