: an automobile drive mechanism that acts on all four wheels of the vehicle
Examples of all-wheel drive in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPermanent all-wheel drive and an eight-speed automatic transmission conspire with all that power to enable fantastic acceleration.—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023 The vehicle will be sold as rear-wheel and all-wheel drive.—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023 With help from the all-wheel drive drivetrain, even when plowing through puddles, the crossover felt firmly planted to the asphalt both on the highway and two-lane roads bookmarked by grapevines.—Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023 Based on Nissan’s EV all-wheel drive control technology (dubbed e-4ORCE) used on the brand’s newest EV, Ariya, the rover features front and rear electric motors to navigate challenging terrain.—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2023 Nissan claims the all-wheel drive version will do zero to 60 mph in a respectable 4.8 seconds, compared to an unremarkable 7.2 seconds for the front-wheel drive single-motor powertrain.—Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023 The Model X all-wheel drive dropped to $99,990, down $10,000.—Harold Maass, The Week, 6 Mar. 2023 Where four-wheel drive locks the speeds of the front and rear axles together, doubling traction over two-wheel drive, all-wheel drive (in the absence of other technologies) sends all an engine’s torque to the wheel (of four) with the least traction.—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 16 Feb. 2023 The ultra-intense Competition trim bumps power to 503 horsepower and requires an eight-speed automatic; all-wheel drive is optional.—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 9 Mar. 2023
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