Eli5 why electric cars don’t have smthn like reverse thrust while braking (wheels spin backwards in hard braking situation)

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Eli5 why electric cars don’t have smthn like reverse thrust while braking (wheels spin backwards in hard braking situation)

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Two reasons
1 – Static friction (the kind when your tires aren’t skidding) is greater than kinetic friction (the kind when your tires are skidding). So wheels spinning backwards would provide worse braking than just braking.

2 – Skidding the wheels backwards will also cause a loss of control of the vehicle. This is the principle for drifting cars… when your rear tires are skidding, you can use this to make the car go sideways. This is intentional/wanted when you’re drifting, but losing control of the vehicle when coming to a stop would not be ideal. If you slam on the brakes, you still might want the ability to turn your car, and you’ll lose that ability if the tires are skidding.

Both of these reasons are also why all modern cars have anti-lock brakes.