"You call that rust?
Bah.
You silly Californians have it easy.
Drive up to Minneapolis for a spell, and I'll show you rust that'll make a grown man cry."
"I still don't understand why people insist on making vehicles with one wheel up front in two in the rear.
A: They're at their most unstable in at the worst possible time: Panic-brake and swerve.
B: You've still gotta have a differential/axle system to power the two rear wheels.
C: You can't use car steering systems, you've gotta go with some weird motorcycle system.
Three wheelers with the two in front and one behind are ridiculously better.
A: Approximately as stable as a normal car under braking; unstable configuration is accelerating and turning, which does not worry me in the slightest, especially considering the performance of most of these EVs.
B: Only have to power a single wheel: drivetrain losses shrink by an order of magnitude with a chain drive, almost no-existent with an in-wheel motor/direct drive system."
"Two vehicles, huh?
Vehicle #1 would have to be a vehicle that I could do every-day driving in, haul up to four people (besides me) around in on occasion, be reliable, etc."
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