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Originally Posted by ljmercep
Unfortunately, in-wheel motors are not the focus of this project, and will not be added anytime soon.
One of the reasons is that there are plenty of other active research projects with in-wheel motors in this region.
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I didn't say motor, I said ROTOR. Have you never seen those Yamaha YZ-426F 2-Trac, WR-450 2-Trac and TT-600R 2-Trac which had a hydraulic rotor at the front wheel hub driven by a PTO in the gearbox? In a truck, a similar setup could lead to an optimization of the driveline positioning, which could decrease its weight and allowing improvements to the mass centralization.