Unfortunately it's not really the automakers fault, it's the lawyers. Production vehicles have to meet modern safety standards and I doubt you could meet those standards using lightweight (read fragile) materials, not without incuring a great deal of extra costs.
Even if you went with hand-laid carbon-fiber, imagine what would happen to it if it got hit broadside by a full size pickup. > > But you're right; the mainstream automakers - even Tesla - can't seem to > imagine much of anything but the same big, heavy cars and trucks that their > customers are used to filling with gasoline or Diesel fuel. And in fact, > just as with ICEVs, the trend in production EVs is mostly toward still > bigger, clumsier SUVs and crossovers. > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
