• [email protected]
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    215 months ago

    Electric sports cars are the future. The sooner brands figure that out, the sooner they can monopolize the market with absurd 0-60 times and equally ridiculous handling.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      125 months ago

      Acceleration, yes. Handling, that’s often not the case right now.

      In theory, the lower center of gravity should result in better handling, but the weight of contemporary batteries can pull you out of a corner. You have less roll with a lower vehicle, but newton’s laws ain’t to kind on fast heavy things that want to move in a direction other than straight.

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        55 months ago

        I mean, I guess it depends on what you need. If you’re looking to take it to a track, keeping traction at speed is going to be a legitimate concern. Same if you’re looking to slip between cars at 90/140+. For the most part, ripping through a straightaway after a slow 90 degree turn is about all the cornering most people do. And that legitimately makes me sad.

        • Ghostalmedia
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          25 months ago

          Agreed. I’m just saying that, as much as I like EVs, pure EV platforms are not an upgrade in the handling department. Manufacturers that want the best of both worlds are playing with hybrid system right now. That way they can get the obviously better acceleration, but they can minimize battery weight for cornering.

          But, none of that is something I will need to worry about for my grocery getter.

          • [email protected]
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            15 months ago

            You managed to send me through a fair bit of wiki hopping so I’d like to thank for being the impetus for my improved understanding and also curse you for stealing an hour from me. You’re entirely right.

            A neat tidbit is the tech leaps across the last few years and advancements at the bleeding edge. New electrics will move and recharge in absurd, ostensibly otherworldly ways.

            • Ghostalmedia
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              15 months ago

              Yeah, this might be a today problem l, but not a tomorrow problem.

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      EV sports cars don’t handle all that well. At least not compared to their gas equivalents especially not any normal daily driveable ones. Low weight is what makes a sports car handle well, and EVs with reasonable range are not low weight.

      Like the Lotus Evija is supposed to weigh 3700 pounds. My Subaru Outback weighs that much. This is the “Simplify, then add lightness.” company.

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        15 months ago

        They’ve certainly got a ways to go before exceeding gas in every way, you’re right about that! Though handling is surprisingly close to being solved on a per-company basis. I recommend checking out some recent track records from electric cars, if only to see how uncannily they move.