Putting Electricity Where The Rubber Meets the Road [NEWS].

In-wheel motors can improve fuel economy and safety for hybrid electric vehicles. A motor housed inside a wheel hub can shunt up to 96 percent of the torque it generates directly to the patch of tire that touches the road. With a conventional drivetrain, roughly 20 percent of the power generated by...

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Xuất bản năm:	IEEE spectrum 44, 7 (2007).
Tác giả chính:	Jones, W.D
Định dạng:	Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:	English
Những chủ đề:	Electric drive motors. Electric motors. Fuel economy. Hybrid electric vehicles. In-wheel motor. Safety. Torque. Wheel-hub-motor direct- drive systems.