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beatusmongous

42 months ago

That is an Ariel Atom body, but it seems to have an electric motor. Everyone has to realize that acceleration is quickened not only by horsepower, but also by reduced weight. The Atom originally comes with a modified Honda Civic engine, boasting 300bhp, and the car weighs a little over 1,000 lbs. This electric engine seems to have added weight to the car to make it 1,500 lbs. Few cars weigh less than 2,500 lbs. because of all the glass and things we have to protect it. So the torque to weight ratio is different. If that electric motor was placed in the Ferrari chassis and body, with most of the same features, the gas powered Ferrari would most likely win the race. If the electric engine added 500 lbs. to the Atom, it would add at least 300 lbs. to the Ferrari body and chassis. I really don't think that was a fair test of engine strength, simply because other factors (weight and aerodynamics) were not controlled properly. Two cars with the same body style and weight, with only the engine being different, would have been a real experiment. Plus, there's no way in hell I'm going grocery shopping in any of those cars. I'll stick to the Prius, as slow as it is.