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The floor for EVs is very high. In Europe people frequently buy compact cars. Let's take VW Golf as an example. The lightest version of the current model weig
by oblio 3y ago
The floor for EVs is very high.
In Europe people frequently buy compact cars.
Let's take VW Golf as an example. The lightest version of the current model weighs 1300kg, more or less.
The EV equivalent, ID.3, weighs 1800kg. That's 500kg extra (!) which is almost 40% more.
That's an insane amount of extra weight for a small car.
The percentage difference becomes less for bigger cars, so I imagine that's why some Americans don't notice it as much.
But for the rest of the world (95% of the world's population), that's a huge deal.
- jacobgorm 3y agoMeanwhile, the BMW i3 weights between 1245 kg to 1441 kg, depending on configuration, battery size, and presence of optional range extender engine, showing what is possible when companies bother to optimize for weight savings.
- enragedcacti 3y agoThe i3 is a carbon finer tub design which is both extremely expensive and not uniquely applicable to EVs. It's a very cool design but its an extreme outlier and it isn't a realistic bar to compare against for companies trying to make money on mass market vehicles.
- moogly 3y agoI doubt the i3 was profitable, which is probably why they discontinued it. It was basically a sort of production concept car.