![World premiere: Schaeffler electrifies municipal utility vehicles with in-wheel electric drives | Press Releases | Schaeffler Group World premiere: Schaeffler electrifies municipal utility vehicles with in-wheel electric drives | Press Releases | Schaeffler Group](https://www.schaeffler.com/remotemedien/media/_shared_media_rwd/06_press/press_release/000015304.jpg)
World premiere: Schaeffler electrifies municipal utility vehicles with in-wheel electric drives | Press Releases | Schaeffler Group
Are there any electric vehicles where the rotor part of the electric motor is the wheel itself? Wouldn't this be a good idea for electric bikes and other small EV' s since
![Hitachi Developing an In-Wheel Motor for EVs: "Realizing a More Comfortable Cabin": Social Innovation : Hitachi Hitachi Developing an In-Wheel Motor for EVs: "Realizing a More Comfortable Cabin": Social Innovation : Hitachi](https://social-innovation.hitachi/-/media/project/hitachi/sib/ja-jp/article/in-wheel-motor/image/og.jpg?upd=20211026034948Z)
Hitachi Developing an In-Wheel Motor for EVs: "Realizing a More Comfortable Cabin": Social Innovation : Hitachi
![Figure 2 from In-wheel motor application in a 4WD electric vehicle with foldable body concept | Semantic Scholar Figure 2 from In-wheel motor application in a 4WD electric vehicle with foldable body concept | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/bb4b3d3fd48a39c6ec9b8052a91cc761b8bc89f3/2-Figure2-1.png)