Siemens VDO engineers are working on plans to integrate the drivetrain, steering, shock absorbers and brakes directly into the wheels of future cars. This concept, called ecorner, is the basis for the ecological “Drive-by-Wire” automobiles, which will become a common sight on roads in 15 years. ecorner replaces the conventional wheel suspension with hydraulic shock absorbers, mechanical steering, hydraulic brakes and, above all, conventional internal combustion engines. For car owners, ecorner translates into improved fuel mileage, more safety and greater convenience. ecorner provides designers with all new freedom to create future cars with an electric drivetrain and electronic control.
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Posted on27 March 2010.
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good think^–^
imagine the vibration put on the in-wheel motor. this can’t be good. and the repair cost must be though the roof
Когда уж это будет по улицам ездить?…
hmm,good idea but, a repair would cost a lot if you hit a hole in the road or something that damages the wheels..normally it would cost you only the tyres wheels etc,but here the engine and all…and yeah,the springs seem to be small. could anybody tell me the advantages of an in-wheel engine?
But it will be so dangerous when the streeting motor have some error on one side. The car will get serious crach.
Yes, but on the animation there is no king pin inclination etc.. it would be unsteerable, besides this suspension would be very unstable since it has no angle variation. The pasted this tech from urban rail cars and subways were this tech exists since decades.
That’s not it. The car models are based on Audi models, but if they were to leave them as Audis, they’d get into trouble with their legal department, so they have to alter them enough for them to be unrecognizable.
Of course, I’m sure the models themselves were legitimately acquired, but they can’t have the animation imply that this is an Audi-involved project.
oh my.
It is a very impressive design, I imagine the servo units are well built, as you said they are used on Airbus.
but no manufacturer is immune to problems in electronic systems. especially on cars
It’s used in airbus since A319 until A380… it’s safe… It’s Impressive, didn’t it?
Although the wheels appear to come off easy as usual (for Tire replacement) the over-complexity of the drive unit is bound to fail in the real world!
last thing you want is the DC servo steering motor to fail at 100mph!
I think this won´t work because the brakes and the electric engine will produce to much heat and there is no space where it can be colded down
The springs are way to small… nice idea though, but still useless.
OOh gawd, why?!
Slightly more unsprung weight,
this should make changing a tire interesting
how will this effect the handling of the car???
don’t you think the german engineers must have given it a real good thought? Leave it to them what works well, will ya?
this technology was already invented and implement in Japan giving 800hp!
When the time finally comes on a large scale, I’m going to have a real hard time convincing myself to get into a car with no mechanical link between the wheels and the steering wheel. Some fly-by-wire I can live with, but not steering! Chances of all this kicking off anytime soon are slim anyway so I won’t worry about it too much.
my thoughts exactly.
hydro quebec had this a long time ago
check it on TM4
tata will build cars with TM4 tech
Very nice visuals.
One problem, however. Unsprung weight. The reduction of which being the main practical purpose of an alloy wheel.
Back to the drawing board, or rather, the graphics app.
Exelente ,gracias desde argentina.
I like it because now you can totaly get away from the traditional suspention and have total wheel drive control. All 4 wheels can turn and parallel parking can now become perpendicular parking. U turns can become O turns and lane changes can be parallel moves so the car won’t roll when you swerve. 4 wheel steering is real neet for those that have a difficult time in parking lots. You could make an all in one vehical, offroader with rockcrawler susp. + luxuary car all in one!!! Keep it up.Thanx