Well, I have to say, when you are in traffic surrounded by poor drivers, increasingly equipped with SUV death machines, you don't want to be in a lightweight tiny car. Just check the crash ratings. Building a safe car that's affordable means it has to have some mass.
Most of the big automakers can't even sell normal sedans anymore, let alone a super-lightweight "city" car. Just not going to happen. On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:58 PM Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > Lee Hart via EV wrote: > >> That's pretty much what James Worden of Solectria did with the Sunrise, > >> and Alex Krause did with the Evergreen. Build a (relatively) normal > >> car, but with the emphasis on streamlining and light weight. > > > > Exactly! And others, from the Sundancer to the original Aptera concept. > > > > But you're right; the mainstream automakers - even Tesla - can't seem to > > imagine much of anything but the same big, heavy cars and trucks that > their > > customers are used to filling with gasoline or Diesel fuel. And in fact, > > just as with ICEVs, the trend in production EVs is mostly toward still > > bigger, clumsier SUVs and crossovers. > > Thanks for the corrections, David. These days, my forgetory is better > than my memory. :-) > > It's amazing how stubborn "that's the way we've always done it" thinking > can be. Safe, efficient, lightweight, streamlined race cars, aircraft, > and speedboats have been around forever. But cars are still built like > washing machines (heavy steel boxes, where looks matter more than > function). > > Lee > > -- > "Mother Hopper" by Lee Hart <http://sunrise-ev.com/poems/hopper.htm> > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210421/c2da30c0/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
