Finland's Verge Motorcycles, maker of an advanced electric motorcycle, has spun off a company called Donut Lab, which is making hub motors for electric vehicles.

The Finland-based company’s in-wheel motor serves up 650 kilowatts of power

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Isn’t that exactly the same idea though? The motor is now on the chassis, but the reduction gear is still a lot of weight.

      Race cars have gone as far as having inboard brakes to reduce unsprung mass, moving the gearing out to the wheel is silly.

      • JWBananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        but the reduction gear is still a lot of weight.

        But is it 88 pounds of weight like that donut motor? Because a traditional CV axle certainly isn’t 88 pounds.

        Race cars have gone as far as having inboard brakes to reduce unsprung mass

        The uniwheel sort of did too, given regenerative braking.