[strangelove]

Interesting comment, yes price wise and current market modifications are capable of doing what your suggesting and probably cheaper. What I'm talking about obviusly does not currently exist and would probably be very expensive to design and implement. A hybrid system like this would be technically difficult to make work as well. But what do you think about the articles that I posted to this thread? What do you think about the Phili High School concept car? What do you think about the in wheel electric motor designed by Mitsubish? It's not uncommon to think of Misubishi components in the PT Cruiser, since the manifold and turbo technology derives from Mitsubishi components. Lets take a leap and invision other Mitsubishi technology improving performance in our PT Cruisers.

http://www.megawattmotorworks.com/di...icle&artid=172

If you look at the design of the Mitsubishi in wheel moter you will see that it just replaces the wheel and brake system. One would not need to make any modifications to the axle, or susspension. It just replaces the rear wheels with electric motors. The electric motor sits inside what looks to be a bearing that is connected to the tires. The electric motor turns the wheel, in turn creating propulsion to accelerate the vehicle. In the article about the concept Evo, Mitsubishi is currently running the vehicle in the Shikoku EV Ralley. So these in-wheel motors are already in production and being used in test scenarios. I know that these motors will take years to make it to consumers, I am just very interested to think if this application can be used and modified to work on our PT's.