Concept of an All-wheel drive (AWD) which is also called 4×4, Four-wheel drive (4WD) and Quattro is as old as 1893 when a British engineer Bramah Joseph Diplock patented the first All-wheel drive system for a steam powered traction engine.

All-wheel drive for traditional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles works a little bit differently than the modern Electric Vehicles. ICE vehicles supply power to the rear wheels through a rear drive shaft and rear differential.

While the ICE vehicles normally don’t have two engines to enable All-wheel drive — the AWD Electric-Vehicles have two motors in the front and rear that work independently but synchronously to power all four wheels as you can see in above Tesla Model 3 chassis image with dual motors.

In extreme cases an EV is equipped with four motors that power each wheel like the Rimac Concept_One electric hypercar and later models — this system is also called Individual Wheel Drive (IWD).

Tesla has introduced an All-wheel drive system for their next generation Roadster (2020) that is equipped with three motors (one in front, two in rear), more motors in simple words give more control over the vehicle maneuvering or enable torque vectoring.

So this was a short intro to All-wheel drive or dual motor setup for dummies like me, now let’s get to the point and see what’s in store for us in regards to Tesla Model 3 dual motor version.

I am writing this stuff keeping in mind the people who are new to Tesla universe and have recently opted to go for EVs and a sustainable future — and the Tesla experts and scientists can use the comments section below to pour out their valuable feedback and thoughts.

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