> Putting a motor on each wheel — or at least one on each axle — could translate into hair-raising EV driving performance.<p>I don't understand this. My Plaid Tesla has a motor on each of the rear axles, and it's direct coupled to the wheel. The already are doing torque vectoring.<p>Like all things in engineering, the trade-off's are critical. This article doesn't go at all into the pros/cons of the approach Tesla (and others) are doing as opposed to this approach.<p>As a general rule, if Tesla isn't doing it already I suspect it's either not economically feasible, difficult to manufacture, or otherwise has drawbacks they've judged signifigant.<p>... with that said, bring on the competition. The whole world wins with every improvement to transport and electrification!