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freebeard · 07-30-2016, 11:33 PM

I was looking at ZF's website for their smaller electric axles, but they have this for city buses:

https://www.zf.com/corporate/en_de/magazine/magazin_artikel_viewpage_22132904.html

What would be sweet would be a 2:1 planetary reduction gear in each hub. They probably supply to Mercedes-Benz. The axle I was looking at is for their urban vehicle, the electric twist beam:

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,557 Thanks: 8,092 Thanked 8,882 Times in 7,329 Posts	I was looking at ZF's website for their smaller electric axles, but they have this for city buses: https://www.zf.com/corporate/en_de/magazine/magazin_artikel_viewpage_22132904.html What would be sweet would be a 2:1 planetary reduction gear in each hub. They probably supply to Mercedes-Benz. The axle I was looking at is for their urban vehicle, the electric twist beam: http://www.zf.com/corporate/en_de/products/product_range/cars/cars_electric_twistbeam.shtml