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by speedgoose 1879 days ago
An old i3. It's a carbon fiber body on an aluminum frame. The outside body panels are not carbon fiber, just plastic, which is better if you bump into things. It's a rear wheel drive with the motor on the rear axle and the center of mass is good. The torque curve is great, like on all eletric car, and it's a pleasure to drive it with one pedal. It turns very well which is nice inside cities.

On the downsides, it doesn't go very far very quickly because of its small battery. So I sometimes use other cars from my local non profit car sharing, like the Jaguar I-Pace or Toyota Corolla (which I like despite it being a fossil car).