The new rear pod's center pivot does look to be a novel approach that could potentially achieve a self-adjusting and bind-proof pivoting action. If indeed it does pivot freely and it also proves to be durable enough, then Serpent's new and unusual center pivot could turn out to be really nice feature. Having said that, their unique center pivot design also looks like it could be a potential weak point. Time will tell if their unusual pod design turns out to have more plusses than minuses. With the front shock mount as shown, it appears that the new car is designed to run a transverse battery, but oddly there also appear to be slots in the main chassis that hint at an offset inline battery orientation. Hmmm. In any event, I don't see anything that would position the battery either front-to-back or side-to-side. Surely Serpent must have a method in mind for positioning the battery, but such is not apparent from the posted photos. Perhaps the pics are of an early and not yet fully developed prototype ??