The electric motor with dual rotor from DeepDrive can also be used as a wheel hub motor. Following laboratory tests, an initial practical test is now being launched together with BMW.
After good results on the test rig, BMW now wants to test the DeepDrive on the road.
BMW, Screenshot: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
The "BMW Startup Garage" and the Munich-based company DeepDrive want to test the electric motor with dual rotor on the road following a successfully completed pilot project. BMW has continued to intensify its collaboration with DeepDrive since the IAA 2021. In DeepDrive's dual-rotor concept, the stator drives both an internal and an external rotor simultaneously. In addition to a classic centralised drive system, the compact design and low weight also allow the realization of a in-wheel drive system.
The wheel drives therefore promise lower energy consumption, less space requirement, lower weight and lower costs. "DeepDrive’s prototype parts largely exceeded our specifications", says Karol Virsik, Head of Research Vehicle Concepts and Technologies at the BMW Group. The driving characteristics of different variants of the drive are now to be tested in BMW models on the road. The "BMW Startup Garage" uses the so-called venture client model to implement pioneering technologies from startups.
This is a partly automated translation of this German article.
