The only drawback is the weight.
Electric car motor each wheel.
The motor can generate up to 75 kw or just over 100 hp for each powered wheel.
The weight which must move up and down with the wheels i e the weight below the springs is known as unsprung weight.
Many three wheeler manufacturers like goenka electric motors speego vehicles kinetic green volta automotive use bldc motors.
On glass smooth roads that would not matter but we don t have glass smooth roads.
There s not much space inside a wheel and it s impossible to give it all to an electric motor.
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By moving power to the wheel we have created a technological leap forward.
In exchange though the car has good weight and is still a rocket.
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But electric power creates opportunities to innovate.
In it are all the components needed to make the electric motors power the car s standard driveline.
The pd18 which weighs 36 kilograms 79 pounds can deliver 1 250 newton meters nm or 922 foot pounds of torque and 75 kw of power at the wheel.
An electric motor can easily go at more than 10 000 r p m but no car on the road can have its wheel turn that fast.
A reducer is also needed.
It has four motors and a transmission at each wheel.
If electric cars had the traction motors within each wheel the unsprung weight would be greatly increased.
The pd18 protean s flagship product is designed to fit in an 18 in diameter about 46 cm wheel rim.
The limited space then implies that an iwm will make less power than a motor under a front hood.
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Each motor is electronically controlled and the torque is distributed as needed based on feedback from multiple sensors throughout the car.
It s not all about the battery folks car nuts know precious little about the motors in electric cars yet they re central to innovation.