Today's teasers...

[Kerbe]

Three close-up images:
1. Front Brake

2. Drive shaft (foreground) and steering rod

3. Wheel

 

[insightman]

So many things had to change when the in-wheel motors were delayed. The engineers must have planned for the possiblity of going with an inboard motor, making sure there was a spot between the front wheels for the motor and ensuring all of the body parts and metal castings wouldn't make the switch impossible.

 

[Kerbe]

The engineers must have planned for the possiblity of going with an inboard motor, making sure there was a spot between the front wheels for the motor and ensuring all of the body parts and metal castings wouldn't make the switch impossible.

Funny you should mention that: At one point we were told that they had to redesign part of the front frame. As you can see in this rendering, originally the frame members forward of the "firewall" were aluminum extrusions:

This rendering shows the current chassis with castings and changes to the suspension:

The Vitesco motor/inverter/reduction gearbox unit is quite small: Delivering 150 HP and 229 ft-lb of torque, the Vitesco EMR3 "Integrated Axle Drive" is 22" wide, 14" tall, 16" deep and weighs 168 lbs. - that's smaller than a half-keg of beer, although that keg weighs 8 lbs. less than the EMR3...