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benlivengoodyesterday at 11:06 PM1 replyview on HN

You could almost replace the disc brakes with these and have hub motors for free (in terms of unsprung weight). Depends on the torque and safety margin on the 700KW level of performance. For emergency safety you could have a mechanical short to let the motors dump energy into a big heating element as a last resort (risking wheel lockup) but this would truly be drive-by-wire braking.


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jesse__yesterday at 11:33 PM

> For emergency safety you could have a mechanical short to let the motors dump energy into a big heating element as a last resort

That would be craaaazyyyy!! I'm imagining drag cars literally blowing liquid metal out the back when they brake hard..