Seen many videos of fast cars (mustangs especially lol) accelerating in a straight line and then losing control and going into the curb/crowd. What would cause it to do that when the wheels are just pointed straight ahead?
How does one prevent or control this?
In: Engineering
As an opposite case: the reason Teslas dominate at starting in a strait line (even the RWD only model) is because electric motors are so good at getting that power to the ground (i.e. modulating / controlling the power going to the wheels) that wheel slippage doesn’t occur (recall static friction > sliding friction), where as a gasoline engine is more brute force and so any traction control would need to be done by the brakes.
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