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> Exclude batteries from the weight if that becomes a problem for electric cars. Mass is mass, whether in the form of battery or frame metal. While encouragin
by jjav 3y ago
> Exclude batteries from the weight if that becomes a problem for electric cars.
Mass is mass, whether in the form of battery or frame metal.
While encouraging lighter cars would be a huge win, carving a massive exception to heavy EVs completely defeats the point.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoMass is mass, but electric cars of the same size tend to be heavier than their ICE counterparts. If the only goal is to keep cars light, then it completely defeats the point. If the goal is to keep cars smaller, and is at all informed by emissions than it makes sense to have at least part of a carve out for batteries.
- CRConrad 3y agoSomewhat, but not completely: Visibility and center of gravity are also safety aspects, and a big battery doesn't per se make the former worse and actually (usually) makes the latter better, being mounted under the floor. So if an ICE model has one rating (or demands one kind of license), it makes some sense not to penalise an electric version but have the same limitations for that: It is worse than its fuel-driven counterpart only in the "F = ma" sense, but not otherwise. (To take a somewhat contrived example, an Audi E-Tron is probably less likely to flip over on top of a pdestrian than an A7. Or, recent talk about battery fires notwithstanding, to catch fire in doing so.)