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Originally Posted by Ecky
Those hub motors are pretty slick. I'm interested.
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The video and article came out in 2012 so I am not sure how this product has come along in five/six years. If it must be fit to non-drive wheels, I am not sure if it can be adapted to work on my front steering wheels, or if it could work on my rear drive wheels.
Too bad it can't be designed to continue augmenting the gasoline engine at highway speeds. I understand that for my kind of car with torque that can easily surpass 300 ft/lbs on full throttle, it may harm the electric motor, but I don't see why under light throttle conditions why it can't continue to operate at highway speeds until 200 ft/lbs of torque is surpassed by the gasoline motor!
Also, I wonder if there is a provision to charge the batteries using the car's alternator? To do this you would probably need a high output alternator as well...