Why Electric cars are Rear Wheel Drive ?

Most internal combustion cars these days are Front wheel drive due to lot of advantages.
But electric cars are different with different set of challenges and advantages.
Most manufacturers choose to have Rear wheel drive layout over front wheel drive layout especially when the cars are based on "born ev platforms" (not the case for ice cars converted an ev). This video discusses in short about the reasons why most EVs are RWD and not FWD (considering there are just 2 driving wheels.

[UntangleClub]

Most internal combustion cars these days are Front wheel drive due to lot of advantages.
But electric cars are different with different set of challenges and advantages.
Most manufacturers choose to have Rear wheel drive layout over front wheel drive layout especially when the cars are based on "born ev platforms" (not the case for ice cars converted an ev). This video discusses in short about the reasons why most EVs are RWD and not FWD (considering there are just 2 driving wheels.

[lumberjackdreamer]

FWD makes sense because of simplicity and compactness. For example the inverter, charger, motor, transmission and differential can all be stacked in the front. And it’s easier to do the liquid cooling.

[angryox]

That animation finally explained to me why most sports cars are rwd. Never thought about the shifting weight during acceleration.

[curiash]

Thanks for the video, please make your Twitter account, so that we can get updates there.

[JeremyAkersInAustin]

Not all EVs are RWD. Not sure I'd even say "most". In fact most of the "affordable" EVs are all FWD: Nissan LEAF, Chevy Bolt, Kia Niro, Hyundai Kona, Polestar, Mini Cooper SE, Mazda MX-30, Toyota bZ4X, etc just to name a few off the top of my head.

And most of the EVs that are RWD are higher end luxury models that are also available in AWD. You see the same dichotomy in gas cars. Higher end, higher performance gas cars are also typically RWD where cheaper economy cars are typically FWD. We see the same dichotomy in EVs.