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      05-26-2023, 08:01 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by JRobUSC View Post
They “couldn’t” fit it? Or they just “didn’t” fit it? Unless they flat out stated “the largest battery we could fit was this one” then I would fathom a guess that making sure there was no impinging on the (much more expensive) i7 was as much or more of a driving factor in the battery capacity decision as space was.
They probably chose the battery size based on a mix of things. A car like this is going to get good range with less battery compared to the iX, so they can afford not to put a gargantuan battery in and save some weight, try to maintain some driving dynamics.
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