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Originally Posted by seifrob

It was Edison 2. They even had dedicated thread here on EM, it seems.
(I would find it sooner, but one has to sleep sometimes).

The working combination of both (in-wheel motor plus suspension) sounds like unicorn, but makes sense. You cannot rely on under-inflated tyres to keep motor from road bumps.

I found this.


Driving the Edison 2 Very Light Car 4.0
April 18, 2013
https://autoweek.com/article/car-new...y-light-car-40

Photo by Eric Tegler
Driving the Edison 2 Very Light Car 4.0

It rides on Edison 2's patented “in-wheel” suspension, the most innovative (and likely most commercially attractive) aspect of the project. The arrangement consists of front and rear crossbeams attached to each bulkhead. The beams carry the in-wheel suspension and absorb its loads.

Entirely within 17-inch wheels are small, specially fabricated control arms, coil-over shocks/springs and a hub/spindle assembly.

Up front, the in-wheel suspension mounts to the beam through a carrier that anchors both the upper shock mount and a bearing that allows a large carrier to swivel. Out back, in-wheel components mount to the beam via short trailing arms. Driveshafts couple to a cogged-belt system within the hub assembly. Eliminating conventional strut towers confers packaging benefits. Kuttner has launched a new company, Edison 4, specifically to market the unique suspension.

Drive for the VLC 4.0 comes from a 45-kW electric motor, but the rear/mid-engine design is agnostic, happily accepting internal combustion or hybrid powertrains. Without a body, the entire package comes in at 1,089 pounds. The forthcoming body will be another streamliner with outboard wheel fairings.

Read more: https://autoweek.com/article/car-new...#ixzz5WeKDEJoD