The Lordstown Endurance is an American-made all-electric pickup truck with 4 in-wheel motors that use technology licensed from Elaphe, 600 horsepower, a stump-pulling maximum torque of 4,400 ft-lbs, and a range of 250 miles. If it looks pretty much like a standard pickup truck, that’s by design.
Elaphe, a Tier One supplier to the auto industry, will begin production of its L1500 in-wheel electric motor with up to 1,500 Newton-meters of torque in the 4th quarter of 2019.
The new fully-electric, in-wheel drive Audi supercar represents the next generation of testing Elaphe’s production-ready products in performance test mules.
The vehicle is still in a very early state of development and was assembled to validate whether Elaphe’s new in-wheel electric motors can deliver high end performance. The early results, which can be seen in the short video below, demonstrate that Elaphe’s in-wheel motor configuration can propel the electrified Audi R8 from 0-100kph / 0-62mph in just over 3.5 seconds.
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Following up on my articles on the history of solar power science, history of solar power policy, history of solar power manufacturing, history of wind turbines, and history of trains, here’s a piece on the history of electric cars. Most people mean “electric car” when they … [continued]
