Hrm. The acceleration numbers for the 2:1 setup are slower than the standard, but not that much slower. (as per this:
Subaru SVX (1995) - acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h ) The car would only be driving in town so 100km/h is not really a requirement, it'd just be embarrassing to not be able to go highway speeds hah. I'll have to look into more powerful motors. I want to go AC, for the regen, and want to keep stock-like performance. With the budget tradeoff being range.
Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.