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Thanks! My side hobby is restoring & retrofitting 80s vehicles, so I had not considered new tech like this. I just assumed it worked like every other open diff.

• pedrocr 8y ago
  That's how every other open-diff car already works. Everyone does that. EVs just have the extra advantage that they're much more precise at applying power so the traction control can be much better.
  • fingerlocks 8y ago
    I was referring to the brake based traction control system, not the differential
    • pedrocr 8y ago
      That's also what I mean of course. All modern AWD systems and even just FWD/RWD cars use the ABS to do traction control with open-diffs. The base AWD system in a Subaru is three open-diffs and then ABS braking is used on any wheel that's slipping to make sure the torque still reaches the other wheels.
      • fingerlocks 8y ago
        Right, as I mentioned, I'm an 80's VW van enthusiast. I've transplanted subaru engines into VW vans, but I always clip the unused sensors (like traction control) from the wiring harness. I haven't touched anything newer than 2005 yet. So, despite "everyone doing it" by your words, I was just unaware of how it worked because it's not relevant to me. My VW syncro van has both forward and rear locking differentials anyway.