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This wouldn't have worked for ICE cars, because in order to have a reasonable range of up-and-down movement the gear ratio needs to be quite high (ie, the pinio
by tlb 3y ago
This wouldn't have worked for ICE cars, because in order to have a reasonable range of up-and-down movement the gear ratio needs to be quite high (ie, the pinion gear has to be much smaller than the ring gear). It's 6.2:1 in the article, about 2x what's appropriate for the top gear on an ICE car.
- teamonkey 3y agoI wasn't clear why this couldn't be used on all vehicles but that makes sense, thanks.
- bluGill 3y agoIn and ICE you have the transmission - just put different gear ratios in the transmission if you need to get a different output speed. I think this could have worked with an ICE, but there is no real point: the CV joint is simple and the advantages to this don't apply when you have a single large power source.
- audunw 3y agoThis mostly makes sense if you have four individual motors right next to the wheels, that turns with the wheel. That’s obviously also not viable with ICE cars.