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> > As is often pointed out on HN, electrical cars are substantially heavier

> Often asserted, rarely backed up. A LR Model 3 weighs 4000 lbs. A Chevy Bolt weighs 3600 lbs. An AWD Camry weighs 3600, an Audi S3 weighs 3500. It's ~15% more for sedans.

Because it's approaching "common knowledge", at least for people paying vague attention to the switch. Here's three articles just from this year - took me 10 seconds to find on Google:

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/28/evs-weight-safety-problems

https://globalnews.ca/news/9587791/electric-vehicle-weight-s...

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/11/1148483758/ntsb-heavy-electri...

>>Izkata+(OP)
Thse articles repeatedly mention the Hummer EV, which is an absolutely ludicrous monster truck of an off roader. Not the Teslas, Mach-Es and Kias/Hyundais sold in volume.

>>Izkata+(OP)
so the same kind of "common knowledge" that says daddy longlegs have lethal venom but can't break human skin. Got it.

>>hwilli+Fc
It's not completely made up like some people think - there's 2 creatures called "daddy longlegs", one of which is venomous and has short fangs (but not the one usually thought of when that phrase is brought up), but lethality is unknown because there's no recorded cases and you'd have to intentionally try to kill someone with it to test it.

https://spiders.ucr.edu/daddy-long-legs