| Abstract |
Substituting the typical central-motor of an electric vehicle by a multi-motor drive
system makes a lot of mechanical components superfluous. The presented linear allwheel drive
system has the shortest possible energy track as each wheel is a part of one electric motor. Furthemore this direct drive system requires not longer mechanical brakes and steering wheels so that it is predestinated for the use in Low-Cost ecomobils. The design is based on the ecological
formular: the environment friendly a vehicle should be the slower, the lighter and the spartaner it must be. In conjunction with an ultralight car body, low speed and less comfort the energy consumption of the shown ecomobile is equivalent to an one-litre-vehicle or in American terms to an 240 miles per gallone car. |
