of Blue Peter, haven't you?
In message , Tim Streater writes
Actually, I was rather hoping that the replacement LR Defender would have had a smallish battery powering 4 hub motors, charged by a good solid diesel engine. Apart from LR's history with electronics, I can't see why this wouldn't work, or do hub motors fail in puddles?
If it's an unsprung weight problem, the Germans can solve it.
After all, they have the Unsprung Weight Technik.
Nick (I'll get my coat...)
Make the hub motors inboard.
More interesting will be what hub motor technology has been used, one design produced much more powerful motors and thus lower unsprung weight. As interesting will be rare earth element availability, China restricting exports and as yet no source found in Afghanistan.
Never figured out why the Smart was not electric to begin with, a 9" motor, some SLA, inboard generator. Plus make the damn thing about 9" wide and 2ft longer. There is no reason apart from 1960s social thinking to make it the size & design it is, the underlying construction technology is what made a true e-V a la EV1 viable.
Yes, and it seems that the Pius contains 1kg of neodymium.
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