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Buying an EV? Don't Waste Your Money on That Sporty AWD Model (www.gearpatrol.com)

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Thoughts? I live in a wintery biome so having awd gives me a bit of peace of mind

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I agree with you. The author mentions AWD in snow as a minor passing thing in a way you can tell they haven't lived somewhere with it.

But that said I haven't driven an EV and I'd be worried about the extra direct torque they can provide making starting on ice or snowpack more difficult and dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Depends where you live with lots of snow. If you're not emergency personnel and you live in a major metropolitan area with good salting and plowing? You absolutely do not need AWD. If you're like in the GTA or the Chicago sprawl you'll be fine - make sure to pick up your groceries the day before the blizzard. Any day where the roads are bad-enough to need an all-terrain vehicle, everything will be closed anyways. The only urban places I'd be tempted by AWD would be the Prairies Provinces, where they sometimes get snow below -10C (usually it's bone dry here in Ontario when it gets below -10C) and salt can't melt that so they just dump in some grit and hope. At least it's pretty flat there.

However, if you live rural? Absolutely. My in-laws live in a hilly rural area and I've tried visiting them in an FWD minivan in the winter. Do not recommend.