Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k

• notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tires? General handling? Crash safety for others?

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    +1

    Weight is everything. Removing it makes almost literally every aspect of a car better.

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    • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interesting! I must say I never considered it. My kia soul EV was heavy but handled very well. Loved that thing.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh yeah, its more than that. Low weight helps acceleration, braking (so safety), handling, range, wear on every component, and most of all, cost. If the car is lighter, you don’t need as stiff a chassis, nor as much braking to lock the wheels, less battery, motor, which means you can take even more weight off the car… You get where I’m going.

        Racecars are fast because they are light, not because they have big engines and expensive bodies. Little 1500lb cars can lap a $3 million 1500hp (and quite heavy, because of all the stuff in it) Bugatti around a track.

        Heavy cars can handle OK, but the cost is big.

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      • notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        EVs have a very low COG due to the batteries being at the bottom of the car. This is a good thing for handling but making them lighter would be even better.

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Weight affects basically everything. Less weight means less cost to buy, better range, better handling, less cost of maintenance (brakes, tires, etc), better safety, less getting stuck off-road, and so on…

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• No1@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Others have answered this well 👍

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• SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ? I don’t know what that means.

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    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was putting that comment up to come back to see what the guy above you answered your question with.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Have you tried the “star” feature? That does exactly what you’re looking for, but without useless posts.

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    • raynethackery@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Since that is a full stop, maybe it means having to stop all that weight when braking?

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      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In that case AWD and ABS are more important than curb weight.

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