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Individual wheel drive
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:50 pm
by Samaya
Came across this and thought I should share...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJNb7Js ... autojourno
Basically why Individual drive 4WD will be better than 4WD with a differential - electric vehicles with a motor on each wheel.
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:50 pm
by Mad Manny
Brilliant video - he went to a lot of effort &explains nicely.
I fully agree with him about the advantages of IWD.
But I;ll be driving an ICE'd 4x4 with a gearbox & transfer cae as long as I possibly can.
EV is the Devil's invention!
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:12 pm
by Disco Nic
Interesting concept... but can you have individual V8‘s instead of Electric motors?
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:24 pm
by Samaya
Disco Nic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:12 pm
Interesting concept... but can you have individual V8‘s instead of Electric motors?
You can but from what I have read the in-wheel motors coming out now pushes 1000nm. BUT use that ICE V8 to power the generator. Power of electric with the sound of a V8
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:24 pm
by Mad Manny
Disco Nic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:12 pm
Interesting concept... but can you have individual V8‘s instead of Electric motors?
There was a twin-engined Mini called the Twini - had a chev V8 in the back & another in the front, two clutches, the rear one disengaged just before the front one...
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:46 am
by BushWacker
The giant +- 200t ore haulage trucks in open-caste
mining operations often have motors driving each wheel.
... if you look up in the cabs at Anglo mines
they normally have women driving them,
as they're deemed to be calmer, more careful and
less adventurous folk that dont race & mess around ...
Pity young tyre-kicker Kurt is not here to tell us about them ... but he's now exiled in London ...
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:51 am
by Mad Manny
World's first Individual Wheel Drive vehicle was produced in 1866...
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:35 am
by HenriSteyn
Mad Manny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:24 pm
Disco Nic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:12 pm
Interesting concept... but can you have individual V8‘s instead of Electric motors?
There was a twin-engined Mini called the Twini - had a chev V8 in the back & another in the front, two clutches, the rear one disengaged just before the front one...
Going to look for this on google!
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:12 am
by LesseW
Nice to see people thinking out of the box but it’s complete overkill. Why buy a car with 4 engines, just get a plane/chopper then so that you don’t have the troubles coming with a car
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Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:50 am
by HenriSteyn
Very innovative, well explained but very boring engineering.
I am with Manny on this subject
Re: Individual wheel drive
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:28 pm
by Ricof4e
What is this witchery? This is madness!
