Eli5 why electric cars don’t have smthn like reverse thrust while braking (wheels spin backwards in hard braking situation)
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Electric cars have a combination of traditional breaks as well as energy recovery. The electric motor can harvest electricity from the wheels slowing down the car and this is actually more effective at slowing a car down than the breaks.
Spinning the wheels backwards is possible with the torque a car has, but it wouldn’t help. This would just cause the tires to lose traction and make the car impossible to control, increasing the changes of a big accident.
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