Technology

Article made it sound like only front wheel drive exists now and that only front wheel drive cars use CV joints lol.

This is pretty cool!

But, in the video there is a quick flash of text that went away after 1s, 120km/h max speed?

From a mechanical standpoint, the new bearing saves a nearly negligible amount of space. Splitting the motor up and moving it to the notoriously wasted wheel well space is what clears up the center of the frame. Still very cool. It's basically a single output differential, which is already quite compact. No need to split the rotation for turning since the wheels rotation will no longer be mechanically linked.

I don't get what this does or what's the benefit. There's still a cv-joint there. Otherwise the wheels can't turn

I was just learning about CVJ gearing the other day and was thinking cars should use it instead of fixed gear ratios. Very cool.

Anyone remember the Hyundai debacle where the transmission gears stripped mid-drive? Yeah..... I'm not trusting their gear-making ability (or lack thereof) with precision gears inside all of my wheels. Pass.