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...
| Pubblicato in: | IEEE spectrum 44, 7 (2007). |
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| Lingua: | English |
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