So how exactly does the higher mass of EV's and lower centre of gravity change the centrifugal and momentum force?
I think Pirelli and Michelin will like to know this one as will half of the experts in physics!
In racing, there is something called Marbles. Now this is debris, typically rolled chucks of rubber thats peeled off tyres on a race track, but on the open road, this will typically be aggregate, chunks of stone that has been released from the road surface.
You find this on the edges of roads or on the outer edge of roundabouts.
These are an absolute nightmare to drive on, but if you have a lightweight car you can drive on these parts of the roundabout fast enough to undertake people who cut across to the inner lane of the roundabout, even in the wet.
I would not dare attempt that in an EV, the car would just just slide off the road. I dont care for the lower center of gravity that much, in fact if its too low it starts to affect the suspension and handling, where the suspension hits the bump stops.
Front wheel drive diesels have this problem over the front axle, where their suspension bottoms out on the bump stops.
> I would not dare attempt that in an EV, the car would just just slide off the road.
Ok, hold up. You have:
1. roundabouts, ok, no problem, we have lots of those, I've never had a problem in an EV.
2. Gutter curbs around roundabouts. Yes driving in those is bad, you'll get a flat tire pretty quickly that way (no matter your car). I used to ride my bike in those and got flats all the time.
3. You want to race around other people in the round about. Ugh, this isn't the USA is it? I'm guessing Russia or China, or some other developing world country?
I think this is a niche case, like doing donuts or drifting.
Maybe its what I've had to do to avoid people from crashing into me. I've even had someone release what looked like a small deer in front of my car one time from the central reservation armco barrier on an unlit part of a dual carriageway at night towards the end of a 5hr stint of driving.
I think they were hoping I wouldnt see them and I'd be tired from such a long journey, and the use of a deer enables a car crash whilst being able to blame it on "wildlife"!
There really are some right royal nutters living here, thats why I hope the porsche night vision system can record these events besides just being a display for night time use.
