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Yes but does the equivalent of a Copenhagen wheel exist for a car? That sir is my question.
by tocomment 13y ago
Yes but does the equivalent of a Copenhagen wheel exist for a car? That sir is my question.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoYou'd need a hub motor in each wheel, which causes the vehicle to have an excess of unsprung weight. So, not at the moment. If electric motors were to drastically come down in weight, possibly.
- seniorsassycat 13y agoDo you mean an electric motor, battery, and regenerative system built into each of a cars wheels? I think that a system like that would not be practical when scaled up to the size and energy demands of cars.
- dredmorbius 13y agoFor automobiles, incorporating the energy storage into the wheel itself would be a poor allocation of weight (and size). So most solutions revolve around (pardon the pun) batteries or flywheels housed within the chassis.