Hybrid conversion kit using rear hubs ...

[Hershey]

Go here , http://phys.org/news/2012-07-wheel-hub-motor-concept-hybrid.html . Applied to a '94 Honda station wagon .

[nookandcrannycar]

Go here , http://phys.org/news/2012-07-wheel-hub-motor-concept-hybrid.html . Applied to a '94 Honda station wagon .

Wow! Great info. I hope this is something that finds its way to market and has staying power.

[Bluevitz-rs]

This is really cool!

[Hershey]

Any takers on getting their Yaris converted ? :biggrin: Wonder if CT would enlist since he has mechanical know how . :wink:

[enviri]

nice idea, but why is the damn video encoded in 56k compression..lol

[CTScott]

Any takers on getting their Yaris converted ? :biggrin: Wonder if CT would enlist since he has mechanical know how . :wink:

That story is over a year old, and as with many university projects it seems to have lost steam.

I would really like to do an electric conversion of a Yaris and would like to do so using four hub motors to allow it be 2 wheel drive (front or rear) or 4 wheel drive and to have control over the differential effect (where you can go from normal to limited slip to full locking differential effect, simply by programmatic control of the H-bridges driving the motors).