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It depends on the programming and what tires you have. Electric motors have an enormous amount of instant torque which is exactly what you don’t want in a low traction situation.

The real danger on highways is traction control. It can hide how slippery the road is and allows you to easily outrun your braking ability.

In the northern Midwest, you’ll see car after car in the ditch when it hasn’t snowed in a while.




Early Priuses (Prii? Whatever) were notoriously crap on dirt roads because the traction control was too aggressive about cutting torque when the wheels started slipping, like even imperceptibly. On loose surfaces, you've got to allow some slip or you're unlikely to get anywhere, especially if it's uphill.

As for people forgetting how to drive in the snow over the summer? That seems to be universal. Seen it in Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.




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