Re: Leccy Land Rover
I dont believe that electric motors in each wheel should be a weight issue. Make the wheel (often steel already) one half of the motor and you get enormous torque as well. Then you can control the speed of each wheel - even allowing you to steer by varying the speed of inside and outside wheels.
But to be more honest I still dont buy into JLRs decisions on this. There is no reason at all why the old defender couldn't have been built for the rest of the world even if the EU didnt like it, more over I refuse to believe they couldn't fit a more modern engine from the rest of the JLR range to keep the nanny EU happy.
Now they are going to build it abroad (India or China) ... this was the intention all along, they are planning on closing the UK factories - probably due to the excessive cost of energy (driven by EU regulations and our governments stupidity).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
