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Rivian advertised this feature as well but disabled it, for obvious reasons.

• jjtheblunt 3y ago
  Obvious reason is immediate tire wear?
  • osti 3y ago
    I think I wasn't being clear, the wheels basically have to rotate perpendicularly to the cars body, so there wouldn't be any extra tire wear.
    • jjtheblunt 3y ago
      What? If left wheels are in reverse and right wheels in forward then the treads are wearing sideways against the rotation!
      • ksjskskskkk 3y ago
        there's no direction wear at low speeds. or do you parallel park at 60mph? maybe you drive to work on reverse?
        • the_gipsy 3y ago
          You don't? Learn to drive.
• gambiting 3y ago
  What's the reason? It's not obvious to me at all, sorry.
  • jandrese 3y ago
    It shreds your tires.
    • gambiting 3y ago
      ...why? Doesn't it do it by using 4 wheel steer?
      • starbase 3y ago
        nope. Rivian spins the left wheels forward and the right wheels backwards, or vice versa
        • gambiting 3y ago
          Oh. Yeah that's not great.