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Old 01-01-2020, 06:10 PM   #50 (permalink)
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A wheel spat would obviate the need for a deeper air dam.
Not necessarily; plenty of production cars use both, like this 2019 Volt:



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Thinking back to Permalink #4, I'm curious whether this vehicle has twin electric motors driving the rear axle.
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Toyota's website only says "electric all-wheel drive" or something similar, but this article says one electric motor at the rear, similar to the Prius AWD-e setup.
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