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Originally Posted by ChazInMT
Sort of a side note, I always figured the best way to make the motors would be to integrate them with the wheels themselves to sort of eliminate moving parts, but thinking about it now I'm not so sure. Seems to me you'd add a lot of "Sprung Weight" to the wheel system, this I understand is undesirable to creating a well mannered ride. We want to keep the wheel & tire system as light as possible. So by running a short drive shaft from each wheel motor that is solidly mounted to the car, you accomplish this.
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That is what I have been saying for many years, you also get to use much cheaper motors saving a lot of money, the motors don't see the shock of the road so the bearings and windings last longer and they are not moving with the suspension so the electrical cables are not flexing 1000's of times per minute and the only draw back is that you have to put a longer shaft on the motor with a few CV joints in it.