London (CNN Business)
In 1900, Ferdinand Porsche and Ludwig Lohner unveiled an electric car with battery-powered motors attached to its front wheels.
It was seen as a sensation, but the technology never took off as petrol cars accelerated to world domination.
More than a century later, in-wheel motors are making a comeback.
Mounted in the rim of an electric vehicle’s wheels, the motors increase efficiency by delivering power directly to where it’s needed most.
“In-wheel motors are a game changer,” says Luka Ambrozic, chief commercial officer of Slovenian company Elaphe Propulsion Technologies, one of the leading developers of the technology.
They offer the “ultimate freedom of design,” he says, giving vehicle manufacturers the opportunity “to build better and smarter cars.”
The innovations in electric car design are breathtaking!
Motors built into the wheels themselves, makes sense.
And it seems be to technically feasible.
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