Wheel Motors to Drive Dutch Buses
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009A company based in the Netherlands called e-Traction has developed a new kind of hybrid bus that uses in-wheel electric motors to improve efficiency and a GPS system to reduce pollution in congested areas of a city. The bus is a series hybrid: a diesel generator charges a battery, which in turn supplies electricity for [...]
E-Traction’s in-wheel motor sportin’ hybrid electric bus
Monday, March 23rd, 2009We’ve seen in-wheel motors in the past, but implementing the technology is not without its share of challenges. On one hand, it’s difficult to coordinate motors that have no mechanical connection to each other, while on the other hand electric motors are designed to spin much faster than the wheels, in order to generate the desired power — adding complexity while decreasing efficiency. A company in the Netherlands called e-Traction may have those problems licked, and now they’ve developed a d