Researchers are trying to become the hub motors smaller, lighter, and can provide stronger power. Aiming at the same time, they will market the pursuit of new energy vehicles has huge market of China's TECHNOLOGY / / ABR reporter meng is is regarded as one of the most notable new energy vehicles Hiriko did not go according to its original plan at the 2013 Geneva motor show to launch production version, but this does not affect its advance in their marketing. Hiriko plans to start mass production in the second quarter of this year has with the Spanish city of Barcelona signed the first batch of sales agreement with the United States city of San Francisco, and signed cooperation agreements with Berlin railway administration, help 1 km to railway administration to solve the last passenger transport problems. the Hiriko sells for $16000 is the media laboratory at the Massachusetts institute of technology in collaboration with the Spanish government investment in the development of a universal wheel (Any direction)Mini folding electric vehicles. Its top speed of 50 km per hour, about 120 km range. Its biggest feature is folding. After folding the Hiriko only 1 size. 5 m, short than Smart ForTwo. the unique design of the implementation to benefit from the application of wheel hub motor. hub motors is not something new. In 1896, porsche founder Ferdinand was 22 years old, & middot; Porsche has invented the wheel hub motor and acquired the patent. At the world expo held in Paris, France in 1990, he and his partners to jointly develop the hubsPorsche, but also for the first time will be applied to the wheel hub motor vehicle, and set the speed record of 56 kilometers per hour. hub motor has the advantage that it can not only save a lot of driving part, to make the vehicle structure more simple and easy to realize all kinds of innovative design; To realize the two drive, four-wheel drive drive a variety of ways; Can also be used in electric, hybrid and other new energy technologies. hub motors began more and more attention by automobile enterprises. in 2010, Michelin once use hub motor technology has developed a set of named & other; Active Whell”The applicability of the system, and start to vehicle test. in China, the wheel hub motor also have a try. the guangzhou auto show in 2010, guangzhou passenger car launch of kei all-electric version will use the hub motors and lithium battery as the drive system; Shanghai auto show in 2011, chery automobile exhibition of pure electric vehicles wenqi X1 -EV is the application of this technology. today, researchers are trying to become the hub motors smaller, lighter, and can provide stronger power. Aiming at the same time, they will market the pursuit of new energy vehicles has huge market of China. Protean from the United States is such a wheel hub motor system development company. Protean, chairman and CEO Bob Purcell was a gm EV -1 one of the chief director of the project. He and his team of r&d hub motors can now provide 81 kilowatts of power, and 800 cattle & middot; M of torque, weight is 31 kg, can be installed in regular diameter of 18 to 24 inch wheels. Now in including ford F150 pickup trucks, Volvo C30, mercedes-benzMercedes-benz e-class bo speed employed pure electric and hybrid cars. in August 2012, they from GSR ventures, new era group, oak and jiangsu liyang city won $84 million financing, investment funds and established a hub motor factory in liyang. according to their plan, the investment in China's factory will start the prototype production this year, and in 2014 entered the stage of mass production. “ The first phase of production hub motors at about 1. 20000-1. Around 50000, in order to meet the 5000 car use, and as the growth of the market gradually expand the production capacity. Of course, we also plan to looking for large customers and partners in China for production license authorization. ”Bob Purcell said to the auto business review. brushless motor manufacturers
