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Originally Posted by ZCD1
It’s actually pretty simple: the I4’s weight is a result of its designers’ and manufacturer’s inexperience with EV platforms.
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It appears Tesla takes a shortcut in its chassis design by including metal jackets of 6k+ cells as chassis reinforcement, and that is why Tesla cannot solve battery thermal runaway.
Other manufacturers take the prudent route by building reinforced partitions around the battery for safety, at the expense of weight.
It is true I4 also has the disadvantage of being shared chassis, but my guess is that the battery safety enclosures also add extra weights.