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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Why would a rear wheel drive EV be better? You'd lose some regen capacity, because the rear wheels only have about 30% of the braking power vs the ~70% that the front wheel have.
Just get a Tesla!  |
Nah the reason would be to convert a FWD car into a hybrid. Rear wheels would be driven EV, front would be whatever motivated the car originally.
In my mind the volt frontend (if you do it you take the whole kablamo) if I could narrow the halfshafts would look rather wierd but would be a great form of motivation in the zx40 or a another very lightweight vehicle like an insight or even a subaru 360 with a VERY long rearend..
Your range would increase and FE should also increase due to less weight and improved CDa.
Ah well, pipe dreams are free.