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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
Lets put 800 pounds of passengers on top of the 660 in battery. That's 1460 pounds of payload that has nothing to do with the vehicle
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It has also lost the IC engine, transmission and accessories (replaced by electric stuff, if at all), and the fuel tank and accesories - that's going to make a significant weight saving.
But it likely still weighs more than the ICE A2.
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The record for MPG today in a ICE vehicle is over 12,000 MPG.
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But it doesn't seat 4, and it doesn't take along a bit of luggage, does it ?
The main point is batteries are getting lighter and more powerful.
Now all we need is clean energy production.