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Old 01-31-2009, 10:37 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wwest40 View Post
Has anyone considered how much design effort it would take to avoid "driveline windup" and/or tire scubbing, synchronize, almost perfectly synchronize, two separate drive systems, one front and one rear...?? The RX400h does that by using two separate synchronous AC drive motor systems.
Wouldn't necessarily be required. The front end would be trying to accelerate, the rear end would simply help it. One or the other is going to be shut off at speed anyway.
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