My question is about controlling the speed of an electric motor in a car such as the Tesla.
The car has 2 motors up front. Each motor drives a separate wheel. Whenever the car makes a turn, the outside wheel will make more revolutions than the inside wheel. How is the speed controlled since both motors will turn at the same speed? If there's only one motor & there's a mechanical differential, then there's no problem. There has to be some kind of controller that "knows" that the car is turning & changes the speed of the motor turning the outside wheel. Actually, I suppose, that both motors have to be controlled individually. So, how is it accomplished?
The car has 2 motors up front. Each motor drives a separate wheel. Whenever the car makes a turn, the outside wheel will make more revolutions than the inside wheel. How is the speed controlled since both motors will turn at the same speed? If there's only one motor & there's a mechanical differential, then there's no problem. There has to be some kind of controller that "knows" that the car is turning & changes the speed of the motor turning the outside wheel. Actually, I suppose, that both motors have to be controlled individually. So, how is it accomplished?