Oh, I know, I've used them in Switzerland, and even been stopped by the Police to be told that I'm not permitted on a certain road without them.
They're great in an environment, like Switzerland and Scandinavia, where you are pretty much guaranteed to be driving on snow.
But if you have to drive down a steep snow covered Westerham Hill, then onto the A25 and M25, which are completely clear, then eventually back up the hill, they are a complete PITA.
Under those circumstances, at least in an ICE car, where the lump is over the front axle, I'd much rather have FWD.
I do accept that the dynamics of a low slung, equally distributed battery are different, and I have no experience with that, but the basic physics is the same, if you lose grip and the direction of travel of the wheels is different from the orientation of the car, FWD will apply a stabilising force, tending to bring the alignment together, and RWD will be destabilising, pushing the back further round, out of alignment.
This is the equivalent of nosewheel and tailwheel aircraft and, goodness, do I understand why the world changed in the 40s. There are still, however, people who will wave their private parts around and tell us how much more excellent are their skills compared to the common herd, and "real men fly real aeroplanes." It is difficult not to see beyond their bragging and into their own personal issues.
