Ev Archive for June 1998

[vintner@genie.com]

>I am looking for any EV motor manufacturers that produce, or have
>produced, an EV motor that is built into a wheel. I know that this has
>been done in the past, however my searches have come up empty. Do you
>have any information or leads? Anything would help!

>Thank you,

>        Scott K. Gustafson

Look up "Luciole" in the archives.  At EVS-14, several of us EV Listers had
the chance to drive the Japanese Luciole, including myself, Bill Dube' and
John Wayland.  The Luciole was a marvelous little piece of engineering, and
a genuine pocket rocket.  The car was only wide enough to seat one person in
the front seat and one in the back seat.  The two drive motors were in-wheel
motors (in the rear wheels) and were about 100 hp each!

The Luciole was funded and developed by The National Institute for
Evvironmental Studies.  For more information, see http://www.www.nies.go.jp
or email Kiyomoto Kawakami at kiyo@nies.go.jp.

A few years ago, a brochure from the Japan Electric Vehicle Association
included a picture and description of the Honda In-Wheel type Electric Motor
DDW-2015.  It is a brushless DC motor 135 mm diameter, 100 rpm, 150 W, 24V,
with a rated torque of 15 N.m.

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