floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1711arrow-down155
arrow-up1656arrow-down1external-linkBehold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Samecleantechnica.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square233fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoIt replaces the cv joint. Watch the video.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 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-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 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-squarefroop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLooks like it eliminates the engine-side cvd but not the wheel-side.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCan’t really do that, u-joints and cv’s work in pairs to balance the angular change
minus-squareHaywire@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe motor could turn with the wheel. You could have a wheel-motor without the excessive unsprung weight of the motor components.
It replaces the cv joint. Watch the video.
There’s the CV-joint
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.
Can’t really do that, u-joints and cv’s work in pairs to balance the angular change
The motor could turn with the wheel. You could have a wheel-motor without the excessive unsprung weight of the motor components.