Comment Re:Don't they have to fly that thing around? (Score 1) 330
If my memory's correct, one of the issue was that the car needed to have a certain minimal acceleration that couldn't be delivered by an electric engine, with all the weight it would have to pull. If I'm right, and the requirements didn't change, well...
Except, especially with all wheel drive and two to four motors, such is no longer true - as Tesla has proven with motors that aren't particularly large in a car that's considerably heavy compared to its gas counterparts.
The correct statement would have been " the car needed to have a certain minimal acceleration that couldn't be delivered (by GM) by an electric engine (as GM has no interest in doing anything that leads credence to the viability of any electric vehicles." The same would apply to other automakers - but more especially to the EV1 destroying, battery technology suppressing GM.
Considering the size of the vehicle (figure mega-Suburban, extended, if you don't recognize the truck platform mentioned), plenty of battery power could be put into it, and four larger motors (than the ONE motor in the Model S) could also fit - as would Subaru's concept 3 motor (two rear, one front) design. As a matter of fact, with all wheels independently driven via computer, there's also the increase in traction to consider for quick (from stop or slow speed) acceleration.