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Mercedes-Benz scales back electric ambitions as EV pessimism grows (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As far as I’ve seen with EV’s, it’s especially true. Their configurations are usually wildly different from gas cars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes... They are wildly different...
...And the drive setups fit well in gas cars.

Engines, transmissions, and fuel tanks take up a lot of room. People have been mounting electric motors in cars and stuffing them with batteries for decades.

Some people even leave the whole subframe from a Tesla complete and mount it directly under a car. Obviously different cars are able to accept different solutions.

Recall that we are not talking about EV cars but converting gas cars to EV.