Having heavy motors that power the front wheels can’t be good for steering, though. Having hub motors on the front axle may require additional reengineering of the front suspension and steering system ...

EV startup Donut Lab has secured €25mn in seed funding to scale up its in-wheel hub motors for electric land, sea, and air ...

The use of solid axles and reference to rock crawling suggests some kind of truck designed with off-roading in mind. But Ford in 2021 said it had considered, and then nixed, in-wheel motors ...

The document details adding hub-motor assemblies to a solid axle, with one assembly per wheel to enable all-wheel drive. In contrast to the inboard-mounted motors in most current EVs, these ...

Nidec says that it aims to mass-produce the wheel-hub motor design around 2023. The unit, it says, generates more than 100 kw (134 horsepower) while fitting inside a 20-inch wheel. Nidec in-wheel ...

Mid-drive motors, which house the motor closer to the center of the bicycle and transfer the motor’s power to the rear wheel via the bicycle’s chain drive, have become much more common over ...

When installing wheel spacers or wheel adapters, it's important that you use the proper wheel spacers, namely those that are designed for your type of wheel hub or axle. These can be lug-centric ...

The wheel bearing, of course, is that cage of rollers that allows the wheel hub to rotate freely on the axle’s spindle. Grease lubricates the bearings to keep them cooler and reduce rotational ...

In-Wheel EV Hub Motors Could Be A Game-Changer. ... brings “significant weight and space savings on the rear axle.” The car needs 20-inch wheels to be able to accommodate the drive units, ...