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There's a flash movie on the site, and in their forum, there are pretty lengthy discussions about the internal mechanisms of the engine. One thing that's interesting- the torque curve is so broad, no flywheel is needed- in fact, you may not need a transmission at all.

I'd like to see an AWD car with one of these things at each wheel.

131 posted on 05/21/2006 6:33:24 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (My donation to the GOP went here instead: http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/index.php)

"I'd like to see an AWD car with one of these things at each wheel."

I suspect you wouldn't need one at each wheel. They would be very difficult to synchronize in any case. If say...you had a 300 hp engine at each wheel you have the equivalent shaft horsepower of a 1200 Hp engine. Not something you would ever be able to use on the street. The practical limit for the street is about 500 to 600 Hp. This level is very difficult to hook up without racing tires and you are talking about double that so driving it would be similar I think to driving a powerful v6 on snow a far as hook up goes. Of course you would be unique. ;)