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>>All else equal That's equivalent to those high school physics exercises that say "assume zero friction and no gravity". Everything else isn't equal with EVs
by gambiting 1y ago
>>All else equal
That's equivalent to those high school physics exercises that say "assume zero friction and no gravity". Everything else isn't equal with EVs because they make accelerating from standstill so effortless without any obvious downside that people do it back to back like it's nothing, while in an ICE you'd have to drive like a madman dumping the clutch every time just to get the same torque at the start. If you had two cars accelerating at the same rate then sure, the heavier one would wear out its tyres faster - but that's just not how people drive EVs(broadly speaking).
- kube-system 1y agoThere are EVs that aren't overpowered luxury cars. They also burn through tires faster. Also, if you compare two gasoline cars of different weights, the heavier one burns through tires quicker.
- gambiting 1y agoThat's exactly what I'm saying though. I have an EV that's only 1000kg and 80bhp and it goes through tyres like butter.