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Originally Posted by thingstodo
This is also my understanding.
There are announcements of new and awesome hub motors, much fanfare ... and then no more information. Some of the companies actually DENY having produced hub motors just a couple of years after the announcement.
Does anyone have examples of Hub motors (not e-bikes) where the motors last at least 50,000 miles?
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Even if they only lasted 50,000 miles, if the cost was low and they were easy to swap it wouldn't be a deal breaker. I know mail delivery so I'll use this example. We don't put a ton of miles on, most trucks are under 20 miles a day. We already go through a $1000 set of Goodyear Wranglers every 2 years tops, about 10,000 miles. We go through a $1500 transmission in about the same time, and an engine might make it 50,000 miles at $3500. Usually it will need plugs, wires, coils, and module twice in that time at $500. I won't even count the belt and tensioner failures, the timing chain and water pump failures, the new radiators, and the fuel pumps.
So drop the tires because no matter what we have that cost (although switching to 15" would probably cut the price in half). At 50,000 miles we have spent $7500 in ICE repair, not counting the at least $13,000 in gas that truck has burned over 50,000 miles (best case they get 10, many get more like 8mpg).
If you could keep the hub motors under $2000 each and they did last 50,000 miles we would still be way ahead with that.