Hammered
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We've finally had a break in what seems to be non-stop rain and I was throwing the car through corners much harder than usual, and was rather impressed in the manner that the traction system was applying power with a very pronounced torque vectoring. It's much more sure-footed than ICE systems. Given it's just 2 simple open diffs and the logic is applied by the brakes, I was impressed with the feel of the system while not having other factors like the brakes giving indication that it's in operation. It felt more like it was a per-wheel motor in the rear.
Not sure how / if it fades under heavier track use, but for an always on 'basic' drive system, its logic and function exceeded expectations.
As for those curious as to what torque vectoring is, while in a left turn, the car biases power to the right wheels to push the outside around. It does this by lightly breaking the left wheels. If you've ever driven a vehicle where you're accelerating in a turn, and the inside tire breaks loose because weight is coming off of it, torque vectoring would be braking that loose wheel allowing the wheel with more mass on it to put down more power pulling the outside of the vehicle around. It's sort of like traction control, but much smarter using gyros and other parameters to get the vehicle to do what you're asking of it. The MME is well tuned to do this in a manner where you won't notice it if you're not looking for it, whereas traditionally you'd hear traction kicking on and it's noticeable. Ford tuned the MME very well and it's very fluid providing one of the best systems I've driven.
Admin updated with videos demonstrating eAWD / torque vectoring:
Not sure how / if it fades under heavier track use, but for an always on 'basic' drive system, its logic and function exceeded expectations.
As for those curious as to what torque vectoring is, while in a left turn, the car biases power to the right wheels to push the outside around. It does this by lightly breaking the left wheels. If you've ever driven a vehicle where you're accelerating in a turn, and the inside tire breaks loose because weight is coming off of it, torque vectoring would be braking that loose wheel allowing the wheel with more mass on it to put down more power pulling the outside of the vehicle around. It's sort of like traction control, but much smarter using gyros and other parameters to get the vehicle to do what you're asking of it. The MME is well tuned to do this in a manner where you won't notice it if you're not looking for it, whereas traditionally you'd hear traction kicking on and it's noticeable. Ford tuned the MME very well and it's very fluid providing one of the best systems I've driven.
Admin updated with videos demonstrating eAWD / torque vectoring:
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