models like the VW XL1 and BMW i3 were so exciting, as we shifted towards alternative drivetrains we could sort of "reset" what the auto market had evolved to in the last 25-30 years. they're certainly not mass market vehicles but other models could have followed their lead.
I'm thinking back to my time in high school, when I would see rich 16-year-olds drive up in massive SUVs or trucks. The justification parents had for buying them was that putting their kids in large cars would protect them should they ever get into an accident.
I wonder what will happen once parents like that start buying the kids of today those massive cars. Of course they will be electric.
By killing someone else instead?
Children need slow cars that take forever to accelerate to make them patient on the road and stop them from street racing.
This has nothing to do with EV adoption
The EV equivalent of "honda Civic" will still be lighter and lower to the ground then the f-250.I suspect that mass-market EVs will have a combination of a shorter range, and use some tricks to keep the weight more manageable. Structural batteries, which integrate the battery into the frame, lower weight because the bulky part of the battery is now part of the frame. (Instead of a separate frame and battery.)
If you can't handle it then you'll miss some content, the same way you'll occasionally see comments in here posted in a language you don't understand. Do what feels reasonable to extract the information, or just accept that you won't and move on. I guess downvote if you really wanna.
Socially enforcing a high standard of what is essentially typesetting does nothing but discourage people from contributing who may have thoughtful responses but not the time or ability to edit them to your standards.
not to be pedantic but my text formatting makes you "a cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations..."[0] is certainly interesting commentary. perhaps it should be interpreted as a compliment? thanks.
as ev adoption continues we are going to observe more asymmetry between older cars which are lightweight and relatively lower to the ground, and massive EVs with giant battery packs and high hood lines [0][1]
a hummer EV's battery weighs 3000 lbs and the entire vehicle weighs 9,000 lbs. a 2005 Honda Civic coupe, which is generally very reliable and likely to still be in operation 17 years later, is 2,600 lbs. the civic doesn't stand a chance in a collision with the Hummer.
of course the hummer might be a relatively lower volume vehicle but the f-150 and silverado are #1 and #3 respectively in volume; their ev counterparts are going to be all over the roads in short time. and they have similar increases in weight over their ice counterparts, 6000-7000 lbs each.
i hope i'm wrong but i don't see how the number and severity of traffic fatalities go anywhere but up for the next 5-10 years.
[0] - https://twitter.com/ajlatrace/status/1495124630868213764 [1] - https://twitter.com/DrTCombs/status/1528853211582455814