Article made it sound like only front wheel drive exists now and that only front wheel drive cars use CV joints lol.
Honestly I don't care at this point, I won't buy anything from Hyundai.
This is pretty cool!
But, in the video there is a quick flash of text that went away after 1s, 120km/h max speed?
they're probably going to improve it further
How can you steer?
This is a Z-drive:
You can rotate the propeller about the vertical axis of the driveshaft running from B to C.
Now, imagine the propeller is your wheel.
From a mechanical standpoint, the new bearing saves a nearly negligible amount of space. Splitting the motor up and moving it to the notoriously wasted wheel well space is what clears up the center of the frame. Still very cool. It's basically a single output differential, which is already quite compact. No need to split the rotation for turning since the wheels rotation will no longer be mechanically linked.
But eliminating the long half shaft that accompanies the CV joint is what allows that space to be used.
Anyone remember the Hyundai debacle where the transmission gears stripped mid-drive? Yeah..... I'm not trusting their gear-making ability (or lack thereof) with precision gears inside all of my wheels. Pass.
I don't get what this does or what's the benefit. There's still a cv-joint there. Otherwise the wheels can't turn
It replaces the cv joint. Watch the video.
There's the CV-joint
The video shows how their gears go up down and side to side to perform the function of a cv joint. So whatever that cv looking thing is, it's not a cv joint.
If it was just a solid axle going from the motor to the uniwheel you couldn't steer the car. It doesn't allow for such movement.
I was just learning about CVJ gearing the other day and was thinking cars should use it instead of fixed gear ratios. Very cool.
For the lazy people out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6C0y8xc20
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