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Old 10-02-2023, 04:46 PM   #521 (permalink)
Bicycle Bob
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
For me it was the Messerschmitt KR200, but that single drive wheel.....

The Arcimoto MLM would have three-wheel drive.
I only had 25% weight on a single, near-slick tire on my HPV trike, and severely pulsing torque as well. I was amazed by the performance in snow. However, it is getting easy to stick an electric booster on to otherwise unpowered wheels. If I were doing a pedelec trike, the pedals would power the back wheel, with the motors on the fronts.

When a vehicle gets to weighing less than you, as it should, it also gets pretty easy to pull it over drifts as a toboggan.

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