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Re:Tesla is heading for a cash crunch by s2g on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:59AM (#16771202)
> smaller and lighter motors mean more interior space and better performance

Except you need a whole lot fo heavy battery. The model S is not a light car.

You can make anything sound amazing is you ignore every drawback.

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Re:Tesla is heading for a cash crunch by mschuster91 on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:16AM (#16771953)
> Except you need a whole lot fo heavy battery. The model S is not a light car.

And that heavy battery concentrated at a very low point makes Teslas (or, for that matter, most E vehicles) excellent in handling.

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Re:Tesla is heading for a cash crunch by ilovecars2 on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:36AM (#16772031)
I’m not sure I’d agree. The Model S is quite prone to understeer, and it’s not just slight understeer but real unrelenting understeer. I’m not sure how though because there isn’t a lot of weight over the front axle that would cause the nose to push wide so perhaps it’s because of how the suspension is setup. This is quite unlike the BMW M5, for example.
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