Assuming your electric car is of the type that is a motor driving each wheel independently (on all 4 wheels, which I believe is a common practise with electric cars), ... it should be possible to turn an electric car on the spot the same way that tanks do - wheels on one side go forward, wheels on the other side go in reverse. The facility could even be downloaded as an upgrade to existing vehicle. Note to the commenters: I'm not talking about 4-wheel steering or differential steering or mecanum wheels or anything that requires a redesign of any part of the vehicle - I'm only suggesting that they could run the two wheels on one side in reverse, on vehicles that have motors on all 4 wheels.
-- gtoal, Mar 15 2022

The study on Differential Steering Control of In-wheel Motor Vehicle Based on Double Closed Loop System https://www.science...i/S1876610218307604
[Voice, Mar 15 2022]

Experimental Study of Electric Vehicle Yaw Rate Tracking Control Based on Differential Steering https://www.hindawi...s/jat/2021/6668091/
[Voice, Mar 15 2022]

We briefly discussed cars with Mecanum wheels over here A_20cute_20arty_20track
Mecanum wheels would make this work [neutrinos_shadow, Mar 15 2022]

https://www.autowee...eering-demystified/ [pocmloc, Mar 16 2022]

If you had some kind of independent steering control of all 4 wheels you could just pull a lever to engage spinning mode and all four wheels would toe-in front and back.
-- pocmloc, Mar 15 2022


+ cool idea
-- xandram, Mar 15 2022


You would get 'scrubbing' on the tires as the back ones at least wouldn't be able to turn. Probably no more than turning the front wheels while stationary I guess.
-- AusCan531, Mar 16 2022


Makes sense. [+]
-- doctorremulac3, Mar 16 2022


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-- Voice, Mar 16 2022


What he said ^
-- 21 Quest, Mar 16 2022


Serious tire scrub action and damage to sidewalls likely.
-- RayfordSteele, Mar 16 2022



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