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Old 12-30-2008, 10:18 PM   #19 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Until hub-motors are researched, they can't be refined to a state where it might be more pheasible, and I've never heard so many people shoot something down without real information that it can't work, ever. (Not this thread, or even this forum... but I've asked about this A LOT, and everyone suggests that it's "nearly impossible" or highly impracticable.

No one ever seems to take into consideration that each "advancement" that's been made in automotive/engine/flight/just about any history started with something that "wouldn't work".
Nobody said it wouldn't work. They are saying that it's impractical. For every advance made in motor technology that's applicable to hub motors, it's also applicable to non-hub motors. Hub motors already have their place: in scooters, golf carts, bicycles and other smaller lighter lower horsepower applications.
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