floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down140
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square207fedilink
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoI don’t get what this does or what’s the benefit. There’s still a cv-joint there. Otherwise the wheels can’t turn
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe motor could move with the wheel, but there goes that space they saved.
minus-squareIDeserveToBeLoved@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s a bit overcomplicated wheel reductor hub, used in some trucks and widespread in heavy equipement, but the input shaft can move a bit. And the artictle doesn’t mention anything about oil in it or how it is sealed.
I don’t get what this does or what’s the benefit. There’s still a cv-joint there. Otherwise the wheels can’t turn
The motor could move with the wheel, but there goes that space they saved.
It’s a bit overcomplicated wheel reductor hub, used in some trucks and widespread in heavy equipement, but the input shaft can move a bit. And the artictle doesn’t mention anything about oil in it or how it is sealed.