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A platform designed for ICE has to provide space and support for the ICE components and protect the passengers from heat, vibration and engine specific hazards.
Likewise, a platform designed for EV needs to accommodate the batteries, motor and controller and high voltage wiring safely.
However the positioning of those components are much more flexible so the batteries end up in the floor and the motor in the back.
All components are pretty much at wheel axle height and anything above them can be fully dedicated to passenger and luggage space and crash safety structures.
It is way easier to design and build a lightweight efficient platform for an EV than for an ICE powered vehicle.
An EV conversion however needs to house the EV components safely in a structure designed to house ICE components. It is compromised twice over.
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2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
  lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile.
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Last edited by RedDevil; 08-12-2017 at 04:41 PM..
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