Development of yonden electric vehicle “PIVOT”

✍ Scribed by H. Nasu; H. Higasa

• Book ID: 103904611
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 461 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0389-4304
• DOI: 10.1016/0389-4304(94)00066-3

✦ Synopsis

A project was carried out to develop an appealing new electric vehicle that features those dynamic capabilities, including such universal drive as point rotation and lateral drive, which cannot be achieved by conventional engine-powered vehicles. The new electric vehicle, called "PIVOT", was realized through the development of special steering and suspension systems that can steer each wheel at an angle wider than 90 degrees either way, the development of a control unit that can separately control the traction force and steer angles for each wheel, and the use of drive unit with motor-in-the-wheel systems.