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Behold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Same
(cleantechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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Another advantage of putting drivetrain components in the wheel is you can just swap them out easily rather than having to tear the engine bay apart. Really outstanding work!
On the other hand, if you hit a pothole is it gonna completely fuck up your engine? I know they mentioned stress tests, but that would worry me.
That was my thought as well. The pinion gear linkage looks comparatively fragile with its smaller gears and levers. Smacking a deep pothole at speed would likely cause the pinion gear to smack against the wheel, which wouldn't be good.
Yeah, I think they can solve those problems but I don’t want the first or second generation