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Originally Posted by basjoos
The Aptera drive shafts are outboard from the car's body and are perpendicular to the car's travel so it is potentially more exposed.
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Not really, from the POV of getting whacked by something on the ground I mean. It
looks like they're using a traditional Macpherson suspension just like a whole bunch of other FWD cars, w/ the struts mounted in the wheel wells. The exposure in terms of vertical movement looks to be the same as just about any other FWD car these days. If anything, they'll whack the lower arm before the halfshaft is whacked. If they hit something tall enough it also looks like they'll smack the lower arm and connection w/ the body before they hit the halfshaft, which would be equivalent to a driver in a normal vehicle hitting something w/ their bumper I guess.