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Old 10-06-2018, 09:11 PM   #123 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post


Front wheel drive with twin motors and torque vecoring.

If I was designing a super-trike from scratch, it would have three wheel drive and three wheel steering. Would that be excessive?
The data would bear it out. Measure the various criteria for performance:

Efficiency (Wh per mile on a standardized test)
Acceleration
Cornering G-force (skidpad)
Braking
Total cost of ownership
etc
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