30 September

EVs are going to revolutionise off-road driving too. The problem with 4WDs right now is they need a lot of torque at low speeds. But as I post about a lot, you have to rev the guts out of a petrol or diesel to get that torque. So they have to use torque converters and low-range gearboxes to get high torque at low speed. This is a basic Model Y, with the off-road setting even switched off. A ‘soft-roader’. Combining maximum torque at low speeds with electronic traction control, to drive up a slippery steep slope. The computer directs power to each wheel as required. Torque-on-tap. You can see it happening, on the video. In total blissful silence.