Eliica
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The Eliica is a battery electric vehicle prototype or concept car first shown in 2004 and designed by a team at Keio University in Tokyo, led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu. The 5.1 m car runs on a lith
Eliica, the eight-wheeled electric car prototype
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Eliica shown at Intex Osaka.
Wheel hub motor
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A wheel hub motor, hub motor, or in-wheel motor is a brushless DC electric motor that is incorporated into the hub of the wheel. Wheel-hub motors are commonly found on electric bicycles. Electric hub
Eliica
…km/h (250 mph), breaking the record set by today's street-legal gasoline-powered vehicles. Shimizu's new project is called "SIM-Drive" (シムドライブ), with wheel hub motors. The Eliica is a refinement of the earlier KAZ (Keio Advanced Zero-emission vehicle), a 6.7 m (22 ft) limousine-sized 8-wheel 8-person electric vehicle…
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Honda FCX Concept 2005 in-wheel motor with high-voltage wires in orange. Running high voltage outside the chassis can be avoided by using near-wheel motors, which have similar advantages to in-wheel motors.