A low CoG helps, for sure. But if the car is twice as heavy everything that holds the car off the road needs to be twice as strong to handle it. And then there’s still inertia to deal with, especially when turning or braking.
And then to get the same amount of performance out of it they need to make it incredibly overpowered, and then sell it to people who have no business driving something that can go 0-60 in four seconds.
I checked to see if there were any EV sports cars because having handling like that would be amazing, but the ones that aren’t hypercars are all just special trims on base model cars.
I remember being excited about the “hot hatch styling” of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 until I found out it’s actually the size of an SUV.
Also, it will probably be twice as heavy as my GTI. That will be super great for handling, I’m sure.
Then again, normal people don’t buy those things and the fact that I don’t like this will ensure it’s a hit
Weight isn’t as much of a problem with so much of it set so low compared to most ICEs. We’ve seen this in a lot of EVs by now.
A low CoG helps, for sure. But if the car is twice as heavy everything that holds the car off the road needs to be twice as strong to handle it. And then there’s still inertia to deal with, especially when turning or braking.
And then to get the same amount of performance out of it they need to make it incredibly overpowered, and then sell it to people who have no business driving something that can go 0-60 in four seconds.
I checked to see if there were any EV sports cars because having handling like that would be amazing, but the ones that aren’t hypercars are all just special trims on base model cars.
Compact/xover SUVs don’t weigh much more than an equivalent sedan. They’re basically slightly larger hatchbacks with a bit of height in the cabin.