Yeah. Okay.
It sounds like a hoax… How can such a small thing pull a 1,5 Tons vehicule ? And why is there so few data about this ? At the same time I really want to try this, please let this be real!
New EV supercars are using similar axial flux motors. I was hoping someone would come up with this because spinning the axles directly with wheel mounted motors seems like a much easier retrofit than replacing the engine and gear box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTi2Z_X5Kw
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NADA, Ford and Shell lobby to outlaw it in the U.S. in 3… 2…
Conversion to a hybrid seems more complicated, not less.
They’re adding a bunch of weight to the rear wheels - I’m sure that’s going to effect things? How does it trade-off with the ICE smoothly? How much per model customization is needed?
It’s an interesting idea - but there are a lot of details being left out…
I drive an '07 ICE pickup. Would adding a battery / motors to it for the remaining 5ish years of its life really be worth the impact to the environment for those batteries just to save a bit of fuel over that time period?
