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You can do with a single motor. You don't have to power both axles
Don't need a radio receiver either. Plenty of old RC cars were wired.
Source: Grew up poor; all my RC cars were not remote controlled. ๐ญ
Except "RC" literally stands for "remote controlled".
What you had were uncontrolled toy cars.
Is a long wire not remote?
It absolutely is. The first TV remotes were wired to the TV. Source: am old.
Here's an example of a wired cable TV remote. Remote meant you didn't need to get up to change the channel. Or for a car, it means you could walk behind it instead of pushing it manually.