Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
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#3So we could have a slightly bigger inside to the usual EV SUV.
woo
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Re: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
#5So we could have a slightly bigger inside to the usual EV SUV. woo
A smaller battery would imply fewer resources required per vehicle, which will be important as demand for batteries increases.
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#6As a drivetrain nerd, this is awesome!
Re: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
#7More mass inside the wheel increases unsprung weight and worsens some ride/suspension characteristics of a vehicle-
that being said the tradeoff might not be too bad in this case.
Re: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
#8More mass inside the wheel increases unsprung weight and worsens some ride/suspension characteristics of a vehicle- that being said the tradeoff might not be too bad in this case.
It’s just reduction gears, not the motor, so hopefully it can be made light enough. Shame that their promo didn’t say a word about the mass.
Quad-motor all-wheel torque vectoring sounds awesome tho.
Re: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
#9So we could have a slightly bigger inside to the usual EV SUV. woo
Optimistically, we could have smaller cars without compromising on cabin space or storage.
…except when large SUVs are bought as a status symbol, or the race to drive the biggest tank on the road in defense from the other tanks or the road.
Re: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revolutionize EV design
#10Is there some way that this or similar can be copied by all automakers, or is this all patented by Kia/Hyundai in such a way that most improvements are completely locked in?