Green Options » Heuliez http://greenoptions.com/tag/heuliez Posts tagged 'Heuliez' Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Revolutionary Wheel for Electric Cars Puts Guts Inside Wheel http://gas2.org/2008/12/05/revolutionary-wheel-for-electric-cars-puts-guts-inside-wheel/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/05/revolutionary-wheel-for-electric-cars-puts-guts-inside-wheel/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:28:43 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/12/05/revolutionary-wheel-for-electric-cars-puts-guts-inside-wheel/ By integrating a motor, suspension system, brakes and tire into a standalone wheel package, Michelin’s paradigm-changing “Active Wheel” technology is an innovation that could make electric cars truly affordable and practical, as well as fundamentally change the way we approach car design.

When you’ve eliminated the need for an engine, a transmission, a drive shaft, a differential, an exhaust system, shock absorbers and a suspension system within the chassis of the car, not only can you start to imagine entirely different car shapes, you can have both front and rear “trunk” storage, have a lot more room for people in the cabin, and create new safety features to boot.

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