Lawyers for the plaintiff argue that Tesla’s driver-assistance feature called Autopilot should have warned the driver and braked when his Model S sedan blew through flashing red lights, a stop sign and a T-intersection at nearly 70 miles an hour in the April 2019 crash. Tesla lays the blame solely on the driver, who was reaching for a dropped cell phone.
They have all that weight from the battery, but they can carry it very low in the body of the car. That combined with the great low-end torque of electric motors can make them feel a lot more nimble than an ICE car sandbagged to the same weight.