Ryan, direct drive means simply that the axle is directly attached to the cummutator/brushgear assembly of the dc motor. That means there is no gears in the middle either, which simplifies the assembly, decreases amount of parts, increases efficiency, decreases heat produced, etc.
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Can't a DC motor be applied to the mechanisms of the axls?
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no, it would be counter productive...
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No you can't the only way i can conceive of something like this, and mind you wind isn't directly powering this, but you can make the body out of a material that generates electricity from a temp differential between inside of the car, somewhere hot, like as a part of a cooling system of the engine, and outside. Here you benefit from moving air, because it will cool the material making it produce more power.
Problem is, that it's not the lightest of materials, and thus you are taking a hit on productivity and cost vs what you get out of it.
If you ask me, design a car that has the smallest air drag coefficient, and use as little of the lightest material as you can get away with, without sacrificing rigidity etc. And you would get more benefit out of that then from any wind-based power regeneration...
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