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Electric Wheel motors have been used before. The LeTourneau had an electric wheel back in the 1950s. This was IIRC mainly used for Earth moving equipment though
by YEwSdObPQT 5y ago
Electric Wheel motors have been used before. The LeTourneau had an electric wheel back in the 1950s. This was IIRC mainly used for Earth moving equipment though.
They probably don't make sense on cars though as explained by other people here.
- bch 5y agoOr Porsche[0]. In 1898. [0] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/02/check-out-the-first-ever-electric-car-designed-by-porsche-the-1898-p1/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/02/check-out-the-first-eve...
- mkl 5y agoThat was electric, but didn't use a hub motor: "Foregoing Porsche's new wheel-hub motor, the P1 employed a rear-mounted drive unit."
- bch 5y agoSo it does. I was recalling Porsche lore from memory and thought I had a correct reference. Iirc Porsche built an electric 4-motor (hub) car for the Paris Expo about this time… Oh, here we go: > In 1900, at the Paris Exposition Universelle…[0] [0] https://www.automobiliardent.com/index.php/home/article_detail/272 https://www.automobiliardent.com/index.php/home/article_deta...