EV w/4 70kw Axial Flux 3-Phase AC Induction Wheel Motors

[MitchJi]

Hi,

http://electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.../australian-wheel-motor-company-prepares.html

Australian Company Prepares to Launch 400 hp AWD Wheel Motor EV
Friday, March 19, 2010

An Australian based start-up company is making final preparations to emerge from stealth mode with the launch of a high performance in-wheel motor powered electric vehicle. Evans Electric, based in Sydney close to the Eastern Creek Raceway, has been hard at work for the last 3 years developing disc type Axial Flux AC Induction wheel motors.

The demonstration vehicle to be launched in the next month or two is a small 4 door sedan based on a well proven model with a long history of World Rally Championship success. The car will feature All Wheel Drive with a 70 kw (95 hp) 3 phase AC Induction disc motor in each of it's 19 inch wheels. The EV sports sedan will be powered by a 400 volt high power density A123 lithium ion Nanophosphate battery pack.

The company is quietly confident that with close to 400 horsepower on tap a 0-60 mph (100 km) time in the sub 3 second region is a realistic performance target.

Check out the video below for a look at the Axial Flux motor during testing.

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[John in CR]

Once they work out the bugs, I'll take 2 for my "e-bike".

 

[Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh]

that just f#kkin rocks.
or in short-form aus-speek, frocks.

being first to market like this firmly establishes ausland as home of the frock.
good on ya mate!

 

[LockH]

http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2016/05/evans-electric-previews-new-axial-flux.html

Evans Electric has previewed a next generation EV motor that it says will be licensed for production in 2017. The Axial flux asynchronous induction motor offers 90 kW of power, 300 Nm of peak torque and features very high torque density.

 

[Hillhater]

I hope they have more success with this than their wheel motor !
And its a little odd that this version of their AFIM motor has less than half the torque of their original wheel motor (75kW, 625Nm/1250Nm peak !).
http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2013/08/evans-electric-unveils-awd-in-wheel.html

 

[LockH]

Hehe... "significant cost advantage of eliminating the need for rare-earth permanent magnets"... aka "cheaper" maybe?

I'm looking for the much smaller, "bike sized" version. For an urban world going "car free".