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		wasm123 on Dec 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyundai Uni Wheel electric drive system could revo... The HUB takes up all of the space where you disk or drum brakes would be. ICE cars don't benefit from regenerative braking so you'd have to come up with another solution of how to stop the car.

adolph on Dec 1, 2023 [–]

Inboard brakes exist in specialty applications such as F1 and vehicles with portal axels like the Humvee.

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