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Do Electric Cars Have a Mid Engine Power Source?

I’ve been doing a bit of research on EVs and how they work. I was wondering, do electric cars have a mid-engine power source?

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Marlee John · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Great question! Yes,
electric cars
being developed will have a form of mid-engine power source—a mid-battery so to speak.
For traditional gas-engine vehicles, the engine is stored in the front of the vehicle which didn’t distribute weight very well. To balance the weight of the car, a mid-engine was introduced to shift the weight towards the middle in order to allow the car to have rear-wheel or all-wheel drive.
The next generation of cars will likely be all-electric, or at least leaning in that direction! EVs are known for many things, but they are not known for being light.
The large battery packs make electric cars—especially fully electric ones—significantly heavier than gas-powered cars. In order to ensure proper weight distribution, these electric cars are designed with the battery pack underneath the middle of the vehicle in a skateboard-like configuration.
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