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Originally Posted by Blue Bomber Man
Lot of naysayers on hub motors.
I suggest people look up BluWave's hub motors, they are quite impressive: All wheel drive built in, regen breaking, and normals breaks, additionally the ECU coordinates all traction issues.
Another interesting hub is Michelins. Their's has everything mentioned before, but also has suspension built into the wheel to remove most of the unsprung weight.
As far as efficiency these motors run around 95% efficient and need no transmission and are all fully capable of highway speeds.
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BluWave motors are 100 pounds each, all unsprung, and each produces 61 hp peak and 27 hp continuous. The Michelin units are liquid cooled (meaning hoses to each wheel), produce 67 hp each, and have to have a second integrated motor to handle the suspension bits.
More importantly, to the original poster who wanted to use hub motors, none of these are real products yet. Michelin's Active Wheel concept has been around since 2004, with no release in sight.