Electric vehicles weight a lot; are the safety issues surrounding possible rollovers keeping automakers from building more open-air EV models?
There are currently no electric convertibles available in the market, though models like the Hummer EV offer large removable panels.
Previously, there were more options for true open-top electric driving, including the original Tesla Roadster and the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Cabrio. The question remains: Is the dearth of EVs available in convertible form due to safety issues? Or is the lack of options due to the fact that so few buy convertibles to begin with?
We now have electric sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, supercars, and even hypercars. But what about convertibles? The pickings are slim, and one reason for that may be safety. Standard practice is to put heavy battery packs underneath the floor, which increases interior space and beneficially lowers the vehicle’s center of gravity.
But in a rollover situation, that heavy battery pack could easily crush the fragile soft top—and the occupants inside. The good news is that the same down-low pack acts to prevent a rollover in the first place.Volkswagen is considering a convertible version of the ID.3 electric hatchback, but plans may not have gone much beyond the renderings
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