@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square240fedilinkarrow-up1768arrow-down158
arrow-up1710arrow-down1external-linkBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.com@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square240fedilink
minus-square@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThe video shows how their gears go up down and side to side to perform the function of a cv joint. So whatever that cv looking thing is, it’s not a cv joint.
minus-square@Thorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoIf it was just a solid axle going from the motor to the uniwheel you couldn’t steer the car. It doesn’t allow for such movement.
minus-square@froop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoLooks like it eliminates the engine-side cvd but not the wheel-side.
minus-square@froop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThere is no angular change between the axle shaft and the engine.
minus-square@Haywire@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThe motor could turn with the wheel. You could have a wheel-motor without the excessive unsprung weight of the motor components.
The video shows how their gears go up down and side to side to perform the function of a cv joint. So whatever that cv looking thing is, it’s not a cv joint.
If it was just a solid axle going from the motor to the uniwheel you couldn’t steer the car. It doesn’t allow for such movement.
Looks like it eliminates the engine-side cvd but not the wheel-side.
Removed by mod
There is no angular change between the axle shaft and the engine.
The motor could turn with the wheel. You could have a wheel-motor without the excessive unsprung weight of the motor components.