You are behind the times. This is a pretty well-studied and implemented thing. It is expensive, though, which is why you don’t see if more often. If a motor stops working, you can still drive the car with the other three motors. That’s SUPER simple with modern computing and software.
Now, the part where the motors are Ferrari-made… let’s see how that turns out.
What risk? There is way less risk than a traditional setup due to not having a differential. And it is being done literally all day every day by existing cars that have this setup. Rimac and Rivian both have 4 motor configs. BMW releases theirs this year. Audi and Tesla have versions with 3 instead of 4. Controlling things is software is so much easier than with hardware.
The ONLY ONLY reason more cars don’t do this is the cost. That’s it.
The risk of one of the motors not behaving as expected. Yes I am aware they’re very reliable but I have also been close to software development and that’s where my doubts come from.
But maybe they’re unfounded, that’s why I am asking and also being surprised in trying to update my foundation with knowledge and people downvote on that.
You are behind the times. This is a pretty well-studied and implemented thing. It is expensive, though, which is why you don’t see if more often. If a motor stops working, you can still drive the car with the other three motors. That’s SUPER simple with modern computing and software.
Now, the part where the motors are Ferrari-made… let’s see how that turns out.
Interesting to hear and yes of course it’s possible and I believe the simple thing but not it being worth the risk. Yet at least.
What risk? There is way less risk than a traditional setup due to not having a differential. And it is being done literally all day every day by existing cars that have this setup. Rimac and Rivian both have 4 motor configs. BMW releases theirs this year. Audi and Tesla have versions with 3 instead of 4. Controlling things is software is so much easier than with hardware.
The ONLY ONLY reason more cars don’t do this is the cost. That’s it.
The risk of one of the motors not behaving as expected. Yes I am aware they’re very reliable but I have also been close to software development and that’s where my doubts come from.
But maybe they’re unfounded, that’s why I am asking and also being surprised in trying to update my foundation with knowledge and people downvote on that.