to concur that AE thinks they got it right,u can check with the NTC3.
weight is also placed on the left side.
i dont know too much about the those cars which are on the opposite side of things...
it's very difficult to even know how much torque steer is actually produced or if it's produced at all.
furthermore...u'd be staunchly defending ur car no matter which side the battery's are on,so what can we say about that?