I love the concept of this, but what happens if it snows? The closed front wheel design and the rest hub would likely be frozen shut and be unusable at that point. Has winter treating been done, or is this a fairweather EV?
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I've lived for years in upstate NY and had to kick the snow out of my wheel wells on all my cars at some point, sometimes a few times each winter.
Yesterday they said that the wheel skirts will be designed to clip off easily for tire changing and flat repairs. So that's an option.
It may be less of a problem than you think because the inwheel motors make enough heat that they need to be liquid cooled. That should melt any snow and ice.
However, Bojan may have it right in that the off-road kit may be just the thing for serious winter weather when people tend to play bumper cars more often.
Winter spin-outs in empty icy parking lots anyone? (May need to request a "drift mode" for this activity if the active traction grip is too good.)