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by mech987987 930 days ago
More mass inside the wheel increases unsprung weight and worsens some ride/suspension characteristics of a vehicle-

that being said the tradeoff might not be too bad in this case.

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It’s just reduction gears, not the motor, so hopefully it can be made light enough. Shame that their promo didn’t say a word about the mass.

Quad-motor all-wheel torque vectoring sounds awesome tho.

My semi-educated guess is the heavier weight of the vehicle means the wheels can bear a bit more weight.