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Re:Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles... by amelius on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:16PM (#32230340)
From the article:

"EasyTurn is suitable for vehicles with rear-wheel drive, the usual setup in electric cars."

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Re:Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles... by nomel on Monday July 25, 2022 @07:43PM (#32232455)
> the usual setup in electric cars

*The usual setup for luxury/performance electric cars.

Most of the lower end is FWD. The lowest end is all front wheel drive, since they're built on FWD ICE/hybrid chassis, with electric motors put where the ICE used to be. For example, the traction control light in my Fiat 500e rarely turns off. ;)

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Re:Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles... by m463 on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:36PM (#32232866)
The rivian has individual-wheel drive (4 motors)
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Re:Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles... by nomel on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:15AM (#32234182)
With a starting price of $67k (a few grand less than 2023 BMW X6), and a 0-60 that's a couple hundred ms from a 2022 Lamborghini, I think that could be considered well into the higher end of the car world.

That's neat it's independent though. I imagine it has a hard time getting stuck, even though I doubt most use it outside the concrete jungle.

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