I’ve never seen an ICE car need two engines to drive all four wheels. Why do EVs need 2 motors? Wouldn’t a transmission be cheaper than another motor?

  • FoundLostWolves711@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Most people that do EV conversions use transmissions & transfer cases if they want AWD/4wd but it adds a lot of extra moving pieces.

    Factory EVs using 2 motors gets more power as others stated, while allowing computer programming to decide when to shut off a motor, with generally less weight overall.

    It’s not that they couldn’t do it all with a single motor but it’s more efficient & more powerful with multiple motors, some factory EVs use 3-4 motors, and the Mustang Mach-e 1400 prototype racer/gymkhana vehicle has 7 electric motors.