You're splitting hairs between a turd and a polished turd here. Throw air actuated chains on like every snowy municipality already does for their fire trucks a

You're splitting hairs between a turd and a polished turd here. Throw air actuated chains on like every snowy municipality already does for their fire trucks and school busses and call it good. This solution is one every regional transit authority that deals in snow is already aware of and familiar with and it doesn't matter what your source of motive power is.