The electric motor that changes the data

This year’s CES exhibition has had many interesting technologies that also concern the future of automotive. Donut Lab introduced a new electric motor that is incorporated on the wheel and moving the vehicle.

According to company executives, it can be manufactured in various sizes and yields. It can be used in both purely electric supercars, hypercars, electric SUVs and electric trucks as well as electric motorcycles, electric skates, and even drones.

As announced, this is the second generation of the electromot which has evolved the most. In its larger dimension, it has a diameter of 53 cm, its maximum power reaches up to 857 hp and its maximum torque up to 4,300 Nm! Obviously, these values ​​relate to the wheel measurement rather than the crankshaft (which does not exist in an electric anyway).

As the company announces, in this version the electric motor weighs 40 kg. It is relatively small as a price, but its integration into the car wheel is expected to increase the non -suspended mass into this part of the vehicle. In addition to its particular version, the engine is also produced for purely electric trucks delivering 272 hp and a maximum torque of 3,000 Nm.

Also, for electric motorcycles its diameter is 43 cm and its performance reaches 204 horsepower. For electric skates it is 30.5 cm and delivers 20 horsepower, while for a drone it is 11.9 cm and delivers four horsepower. Donut Lab’s electric motors are already used by Oruga, a start -up company from Latvia that manufactures Unitrac, an electric motorcycle of all soil that has a crawler. Also, from the Finnish Verge Motorcycles and from the Australian Hyper Q Aerospace that manufactures drones and plans to produce flying robes in the future. Finally, Donut Lab evolves its own platform and software in order to create its own vehicles and argues that thanks to the ongoing costs can be reduced by up to 95%(!) In relation to what is now in place.

Source: protothema.gr