YES!!!!!! This is how it should be done. 600hp??? HAAA!! Thats insane. And no more oil changes or tune ups. Although Id like to see this Hi Pa drive system put into a smaller pickup. Just a short bed, no extended cab pickup. Somethign i can put my dirtbikes into or pinball machines or whatever and yet still be able to park in tighter spots. Build this F150 or even a smaller truck with the Hi Pa drive and i will DEFINITELY buy it.

600hp my foot.. the other Demo cars running these PML wheel motors barely achieve walking pace. I think the biggest laugh is they have picked a vehicle with a live rear axle to put wheel motors on..??? Unless they plan to totally redsign an independant rear end fo rit they can never delete the rear diff housing LOL Hilarious!

Umm come on guys, anyone who knows how to read specs would see that they are saying you are going to get 150 horsepower. The per wheel statement is the 516 pounds-feet of torque per wheel.

just kidding, I have to agree though, its hard to believe that they could possibly have a 600hp electric vehicle.

Seems they didn't go the next step and take out steering linkage and have the computer steer by altering wheel speed/direction. Wonderful slow speed maneuverability and speed cornering controls to virtually eliminate roll overs and spin outs. What a value.

This was done to a Mini Cooper too. It can do 0-60 MPH in 4.5 seconds. BMW is looking at making 500 of them as a test. The Volvo Recharge concept car also uses these in-wheel motors. Michelin is also developing an in-wheel electric motor. Wake up everyone, this is the future. I want one of these trucks for towing my horse trailer. The zero RPM torque cannot be beaten.

Good idea but most people dont understand that it still pollutes, where do you think the power comes from. HORSEPOWER AND TORQUE THOUGH ARE AMAZING. Maybe we should start looking into hydrogen.

If any of you think this vehicle will be for sale in your lifetime you are living in a dream world; the oilies won't permit it and they own the auto companies. So go back to sleep.

The PML motors are 24 phase liquid cooled motors with all control electronics in the wheel. Top of the range is 120 Kw and 700 lbsft of torque at zero revs. So this truck has 480kKw/643hp and 2800lbsft of torque total. Should go quiet well.

Forget hygrogen, it is a dead duck that won't lay down.
Very low efficiency on a well to wheel usage about 12.5%
worse than an IC engine at 25%max. Also very difficult to move, as 4 times the volume for same energy as gasolen when liquifid and puting it down a pipe line is even harder.

A battery series hybrid can make 50% or better and even if the electricity is generated in a coal fire power station the CO2 is still half of an IC power car. BYD in China has the first series drive electric on the road for sale, but still has in board electric motors. The Volvo recharge is the best design so far, with PML inwheel motors and beats the BYD and Cheve Volt design. I believe from 2015 the only car to buy will be a series electric drive hybrid.

I hope this car will find its way to the production line ASAP so that more people can enjoy driving without causing to much harm on the environment.

funny how these hub motors are so widely used in electric bicycles and have great torque and power and distance yet everyone seems so skeptical when they put them in a vehicle. I figure without all the spindle gears and drive line connections would be a plus benefit at any rate. and I figure even if I added a spare battery at 1000 lbs for 200 mile range and towed my 4300 lb travel trailer. I am all for it. matter in fact if you decide you want to make a conversion kit for 1991 GMC truck put me on the test list. and if I can put a small generator engine in it to make it a hybrid the output of CO2 would still be way less then 15 MPG of my gas truck now.