[ausev] It's 11 pm and do you know where your hub-ee is?

[m. edmund howse]

Supposedly Volvo is or has developed a vehicle with hub motors on all 
wheels. There are many supposed advantages to this as well as many 
disadvantages. One advantage is the ease of regeneration of power. One 
disadvantage is the cost of the motors, ie: one for each wheel but then 
this could be offset by demand reducing costs. Anyway, I've seen many 
articles on the internet in regards to hub motors and some not so 
flattering. Why, I'm not really sure because it seems to be a simple 
implementation that makes sense.

marv

evehicle4me at hischopsticks.org wrote:

>Hub motor, that is ;)  I see hub motors on bikes all over the place.   
>I just did a quick check on alibaba.com, a website used to market  
>Chinese products.  They are showing hub motors of up to 10 KW as stock  
>items, voltages vary. They are a 10" wheel...but something like this  
>could be changed rather easily.
>
>I just spent an hour on google and did not find a single article  
>discussing auto ev conversions using hub motors.  Is there some reason  
>why?  Transmissions add another 150 pounds or so to a vehicles weight,  
>not to mention the additional complexity of the linkages to shift, or  
>the torque converter, etc.  I have always thought a vehicle with a hub  
>motor in each wheel would give the best of many worlds - an electric 4  
>wheel drive vehicle, when needed, a vehicle with a more balanced  
>weight distribution, a vehicle with far fewer moving parts (no engine  
>AND tranny)
>
>I have never posted here before.  I am open to any ideas and  
>especially appreciate links to articles to help me expand my knowledge  
>base.
>
>Right now I am working on a plan to add a motor to a folding bike.  I  
>will post links to pics when it is up and running.
>
>Cheers
>
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