What Are the Main Classifications of Electric Vehicle Drive Motors?
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Electric vehicle drive motors are mainly classified into: 1. Centralized drive motor, which requires a reducer and drive shaft components to drive the wheels but omits the transmission, resulting in insufficient low-end torque during starting or climbing; 2. Wheel-side drive motor, where the wheel-side structure requires at least two drive motors, arranged on both sides of the axle, using a side reducer and wheel-side reducer to achieve speed reduction and torque increase to drive individual wheels; 3. Hub drive motor, which integrates the drive motor and reducer into the wheel hub to directly drive the wheel, featuring a compact structure that eliminates the mechanical losses of the differential, half-shaft, and transmission components, thereby improving transmission efficiency.