EV List Lackey via EV wrote:
I'm not an engineer (duh), but I get the impression that 3-wheelers can be
made reasonably stable with clever engineering. But you have to be really
careful what you do with them once they've left the drawing board, because
that engineering depends partly on precise center of mass and balance.
A trike uses less material, at least in theory, and that may be why they're
being designed today. However, I remember several EV trike propsals in the
1980s and 1990s, including at least one that made it into significant
production numbers (Corbin Sparrow). There've also been some Chinese made
EV trikes imported by ... er ... perhaps somewhat dodgy US firms. The less
said about those the better.
The US market for EV trikes may be almost non-existant; but they are a
major market internationally. See...
https://restofworld.org/2022/scooters-and-3-wheelers-are-really-whats-driving-an-ev-revolution/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Lee Hart
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