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Originally Posted by elhigh
That hubmotor concept didn't go anywhere. Kind of sad really, I thought it had potential. The first concept was clunky in the extreme, a motor bolted to the outside of the wheel and sllllooooooowwww. But it moved the car. On the inside for a finished installation it would leverage the existing hardware that mounts the rear brakes.
I think it would be kind of difficult to install on a rear drive car.
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Well, I am interested enough to see if I can help in their research by involving my car. Right now I can't purchase their unit but I can nudge them on the suggestion and see if I can get their minds to contemplate how to make such a system work on my sports car to allow for my gasoline motor to help charge this system while turning the rear wheels and this hybrid system turning the front wheels.
So long as you have a high output alternator, and I do mean something cranking out a good charge to keep power to the lithium pack, you should be able to run this system on the highway! With both the combined torque from my V8 and the electric wheel motors, both will be working half as hard and hence, my V8 is using less fuel on a lean burn air/fuel mixture while the electric motors are using less electricity being charged simultaneously by the running V8 motor.
I don't see why such a set-up would not be ideal and complimentary for the other!