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Originally Posted by Ken Fry
I agree. For simplicity, the Zing POC is rear motored. The next one will be front motored, and the length doesn't change much from the motor location issue. (It does change, of course, from the addition of another seat.) It's always better to have most of the weight on the drive wheel(s). A center drive wheel is especially dicey on snowy roads, giving the rear wheel neither driving nor cornering traction, with potentially pretty good front wheel traction (because the snow tends to pile up in the center of the lane.) This is the reason Aptera did not recommend the first version for mountain roads.
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Rear drive in the tadpole setup will definitely not be a foul weather machine. Powersliding 2 rear wheels is plenty exciting. Doing it with one will likely result in exploring it's tip worthiness.