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Originally Posted by ksa8907
Yes, and getting shot in the head may not kill a person.
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There were some people who survived after getting shot in the head, but that's a different matter anyway. But when it comes to repurposing a conventional platform into an EV, there are many aspects that should be taken in consideration. Sure a dedicated platform could address issues such as the center of gravity and weight bias, but it's still not impossible to get good results with a setup based on an off-the-shelf platform. There are also people who look at an EV due to tax incentives, but don't want all the attention that an unconventionally-designed car would get. But anyway, if I were going to convert a conventional car to electric I'd be mostly inclined to make it RWD. The compactness of either a rear motor assembly similar to the one fitted to the rear axle of Toyota and Lexus hybrid crossover SUVs seems to be easily adaptable to most applications and quite space-saving, leading to more freedom to either arrange the battery packs in a way that would become less harmful for the handling or to clear enough to allow an extra luggage compartment. So, since an EV built around an already-existing platform can be as functional as one built into a dedicated-EV platform, it would not be "inferior" at all.