New wave of electric vehicles It’s changing the way you think about buying a car. EV buyers are thinking a lot about range, rather than miles per minute. Apart from size and price, buyers also need to consider things like upload speed.
All of this can be a bit confusing for those who have been buying cars with combustion engines for decades. And there is another important decision that electrification has turned upside down: with or without all-wheel drive,
All-wheel drive electric offers many of the same advantages as a petrol car. 2 additional drive wheels help increase traction and make an electric with AWD (all wheel drive, or full-time 4-wheel drive) Be more capable and safer in snow and other slippery conditions. But they also require an additional motor that draws more power from the battery and Makes the car heavier, which affects the range,
A 2 wheel drive electric car usually has a motor mounted on the front or rear axle. An AWD model usually has 2 motors, so one drives the front wheels and the other drives the rear wheels. Thanks to that increase in power and torque, All-wheel drive electrics accelerate very quickly Compared to front or rear wheel drive.
The fun doesn’t end with 2 engines. Companies such as Rivian, Tesla, and GMC sell electric cars with 3 or 4 motors, further increasing performance.
If we take a closer look at the specifications of some of the most popular electric models in the country, We’ll look at the effect of all-wheel drive on efficiency and autonomy,
With rear-wheel drive, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 SUV gets an EPA range of up to 300 miles. If you add all-wheel drive for $3,500, range drops to 166 miles. The Ford base Mustang Mach-E has a range of 400 km for the rear-wheel drive model and 226 km for the all-wheel drive.
The more power and benefits are conferred, the greater the inequality. The rear-wheel drive Kia EV6 has a range of 500 km. The new EV6 GT, with 2 powerful motors driving all 4 wheels, can travel an average of 400 km.
Of course, you can still find electrics that offer the best of both worlds. For example, the Tesla Model Y Long Range offers an autonomy of 530 km and all-wheel drive.
Also all-wheel drive gasoline vehicle are less efficient than their all-wheel drive counterparts But it’s not a major problem beyond the added emissions and fuel cost.
In an electric, though, you’ll have to think hard about whether the added capability of all-wheel drive is worth the reduced range, especially if you can do without it. Charging stations aren’t as common as gas pumps, and electric vehicles are already limited in how far they can go on a single charge. Therefore they can make a world of difference 2 dozen extra kilometers when you need them the most.
