I am so fascinated with the potential that I am investing in the next round. The first question many people ask is safety. Its my consideration that the composites energy feature that separates it from any other car is the reflection of energy in relation to its light body. With 2 wheels driving it the third wheel inactive seemingly will allow the pod to mostly likely spin when hit, given the low center of gravity. If there are 3 active wheels the grip may force the car in the wrong direction. Only two active wheels there is more likely to be less grip and more spin. Has this been considered or tested?
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Elaphe has demonstrated their torque vectoring system on 4WD cars. They can do controlled drifts on icy lakes. It will need some software adjustment for 3WD. Which wheels are driven has little effect on actual impact dynamics, which involve much higher forces for a short period of time. 3WD should help some before and after the time of impact, though.
Driven wheels have less available grip than undriven, but with both torque and brake based stability/traction control systems, Aptera should handle spins after glancing collisions better than most cars. 3WD should be slightly better than 2WD then.