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Advantages and limitations of Hub motors

I want choose a motor for my unipersonal transportation vehicule project can anyone said me, if is a good option hub motor or traditional system of DC brushless-pulley.

i was redesigned my vehicle on this months, about the more specificacions you can see how my project is on this link:

http://contest.techbriefs.com/transportation-2010/606-unipersonal-e...

("if you like giveme a vote")

You can post a coment on the contest or here talk about all issues or
another problem in my design, i like the feedbacks, so don´t worry for
your opinion about ZigZag.

i´ll construct one prototype, if god likes, this half year so this part is very important.

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Permalink Reply by John Morehead on June 23, 2011 at 11:45am

I've never been able to figure out the excitement about hub motors in automobiles because my misspent youth was focused on fast cars and the objective was always to reduce unsprung weight. With electric hub motors in cars you run into (pun intended) lots of environmental situations that electric motors by their nature don't like (extreme temperatures, moisture and vibration just to name a few).

Coincidentally, Dave Hurst just published an excellent little story, "What Ever Happened to the Hub Motor BEV?" at PlugInCars.com covering many of the advantages and limitations.

Permalink Reply by Rafael Andres Leon on July 5, 2011 at 12:16pm