Yes, the Eliica. Quite a monster: http://youtube.com/watch?v=L7zHcvDPxYU
Here's another, more humble application: http://www.csiro.au/multimedia/ppf32.html Terry On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Mike Carrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen a video about a Japanese motor-in-wheel electric car. Eight > wheels to get the necessary total power. Powered by a fortune in lithium ion > batteries. Outperformed top of the line gasoline race cars. This was several > years ago. I don't know if the motor technology is better now [very custom > motor design] but the battery technology is getting incrementally better. > > Mike Carrell >

