The Baja 1000 Buggy

clipped from www.diseno-art.com clipped from www.diseno-art.com Concept Cars: Baja 1000 Buggy The Baja 1000 Buggy features an all-electric drivetrain The Baja 1000 Buggy is a design created by Dong Tran, a Vietnamese-American Senior Automotive Design student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. The Baja 1000 Buggy is a winner of the 2009 Michelin Challenge Design competition. It won in both the vehicle design and wheel design categories. The Baja 1000 concept utilizes radical new wheel and tire technology to enhance the single rider race buggy. The inwheel motors of the concept feature brushless motors along with wheels that were inspired by Francis turbines. The spokes of the wheels turn into the center of the wheel motors and draw in air to provide cooling air to the hot electrical motors. The exhaust of the vehicle consists of pure water and can be recycled to help hydrate the driver during the long race. clipped from www.youtube.com About The Michelin Challenge Design

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Michelin's Active Wheel Technology

clipped from www.michelin.com Automobile Show Michelin unveils three major innovations for tomorrow’s mobility The Paris Motor Show is a great opportunity for Michelin to share its vision of mobility for the future. At its booth, the Group is unveiling three innovations from its research centers, which could well revolutionize our driving experience within a decade or two: Michelin Airless, Michelin Tweel and Michelin Active Wheel. Travel into the future . . . First, Michelin Airless Second, Michelin Tweel The third leap into the future comes with Michelin Active Wheel. This wheel actually houses a traction engine. Drivers of cars fitted with four such wheels will be able to select two or four-wheel drive. Michelin Active Wheel also features an active suspension system which delivers dramatically improved comfort, handling and stability. Indeed, this integrated suspension system will enable drivers to control vehicle behavior when breaking and turning.

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Michelin’s Active Wheel technology in detail

The Active Wheel is essentially a standard wheel that houses a pair of electric motors. One of the motors spins the wheel and transmits power to the ground, while the other acts as an active suspension system to improve comfort, handling and stability. The system is designed for battery or fuel-cell powered electric vehicles, and the technology is such that a vehicle equipped with it will no longer need any gearbox, clutch, transmission shaft, universal joint or anti-roll bar.

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Michelin first began development on its Active Wheel more than 12 years ago but is yet to announce when the first commercial applications of the technology will be available. Meanwhile, Venturi’s Volage Concept, which utilizes four Active Wheels, has been confirmed for production in 2012, although it’s not clear if the final production version will share the same features as the concept.

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