Electric motors can be coupled directly to wheels, can't they?
Yes, and I believe they can even be located inside the wheels. It may have
been done already actually.
Michel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Home Power Hybrid
I wrote:
2. The incredibly efficient transmission design.
By the way, this transmission would not work without the electric motor.
It depends upon the high torque produced by electric motors at low speed.
I suppose that a fully electric vehicle with four independent motors
coupled directly to the wheels might be even more efficient. That design
would do away with the need for a transmission and differential. You would
have to trust the computer to keep the car on the straight and narrow!
Electric motors can be coupled directly to wheels, can't they?
I believe they operate through the full range of speeds on electric
railroads without gears.
- Jed
