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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
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But some of the details are not quite correct: the front wheel drive was a decision by the original management, and there were very good reasons for this. They strayed big time by insisting on full roll down side windows (instead of partial openings). This necessitated a complete reworking of the doors, and the chassis, and the weight was increased, which then required a bigger battery pack, which then moved some of the cells to the rear floor, which shifted the Cg -- and the original efficiency was transformed into a very average EV.
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Were the pre-roll-up window prototypes road-tested? Did they have stability problems?
CarloSW2