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Re: Artguy post# 11869

Monday, 06/25/2007 5:57:08 AM

Monday, June 25, 2007 5:57:08 AM

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Don't be so sad.....

ArvinMeritor has been quoted as follows:
"We’ve been working on development of hybrid drivetrains for some time. This Class 8 project is a major step in our continuing work in alternative drivetrain development—both for power transmission and emissions—and holds tremendous promise for the worldwide heavy-duty trucking market in a number of important environmental and economic ways.

—Carsten J. Reinhardt, president ArvinMeritor Commercial Vehicle Systems"

They are working on the class 8 trucks with Wal-Mart.

Here is a recent article on what ArvinMeritor is doing with the technology that they are working on.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/01/arvinmeritor_an.html

When I reviewed this, it seemed to me that the motors that drive the wheels were going to be located at the wheels, and the only purpose of the axles were to add strength and steering, not to contain a drive shaft with CV Joints. With the drive motors at the wheels, there would be little use for a CV Joint. What I was thinking was that the motors located at each wheel could very easily be Hydraulic Motors instead of electric ones. Therefore, the CV Joints would be replaced with Hydraulic lines instead of electric wires.


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