Hub motors are great. Gear reduction hub motors go back at least as far as the 1960s.
So you have to think, at least several times over the last 60 years some one got the great idea "hey let's put these in a car" and every time it was tried it failed.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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