An antidote to fat, heavy cars? Check out these lightweighting awards.
via arstechnica.com
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Although cars are much safer—for their occupants at least—than they used to be, that has come at a cost: added weight. The problem is exacerbated in electric vehicles and their heavy battery packs; rare is the EV we’ve driven that weighs less than 5,000 lbs (2,267 kg). Hence my interest in the Altair Enlighten award, […]