Hybrid Options

[The motor wheel uses a brushless inverted rotor configuration that can be embedded inside a regular-size wheel. TM4 Transport's basic motor technology results in a light, compact and highly efficient unit. The power converters can be installed either inside or outside of the wheels. This system permits high-precision control and independent torque applied to each wheel while maximizing regenerative braking capacity.]

The in-wheel motor makes it possible to regulate drive torque and braking force independently at each wheel without the need for any transmission, drive shaft or other complex mechanical components. For this reason, MIEV offers highly promising potential in the ongoing evolution of Mitsubishi's all-wheel control technology that is employed so successfully in the Lancer Evolution, Pajero and other 4WD models. The fact that the drive system is housed inside the wheel itself offers significantly greater design freedom and also makes it easier to locate such space-consuming components as the battery system, fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks used in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

Hi-Pa Drive™ is an integrated motor and drive electronics in one unit.

An interesting option to add an electrical motor assist directly through the engine shaft.

Here comes a better lead-acid batty; about the time to improve that old stinky technology.