The company’s brochure explains “the technology divides a wheel or cog into two essential parts, a stationary hub and a rim or ‘ring.’ The ring rotates about the stationary hub, driven by a lightweight, high-speed motor.”
Hays, an electric-bike driveline engineer who also led the development of Lee Iacocca’s EV Global Motors venture, invested the past five years developing the Ring Drive Wheel technology. DETROIT – California-based startup Orbis Driven takes the wraps off its unique in-wheel electric-motor drive system that saves weight, cost and complexity by eliminating the need for traditional drivelines.Ĭalled the Orbis Ring Drive Wheel, the system is the brainchild of founder and CEO Marcus Hays and co-inventor Scott Streeter.
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