# Active Wheel

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'''Active Wheel''' was a [Michelin](/source/Michelin)-developed tire which incorporates an electric motor and suspension<ref>{{cite web |title=MICHELIN ACTIVE WHEEL Press Kit |url=http://www.michelin.com/corporate/EN/content/newsAndPress/7735-MICHCORP-salonauto2008.pdf |date=October 2008 |publisher=[Michelin](/source/Michelin) |accessdate=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010022/http://www.michelin.com/corporate/EN/content/newsAndPress/7735-MICHCORP-salonauto2008.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was presented at [Challenge Bibendum](/source/Challenge_Bibendum) 2004's edition on the Hy-Light concept car and showcased during [Paris Motor Show](/source/Paris_Motor_Show) "Mondial de l'automobile"in 2008 both on the [Venturi](/source/Venturi_Automobiles) Volage electric sports car and on the [Heuliez](/source/Heuliez) Will.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loftus |first=Jack |url=https://gizmodo.com/5100127/michelin-develops-revolutionary-active-wheel-for-electric-cars |title=Michelin Develops Revolutionary Active Wheel for Electric Cars - Cars |publisher=Gizmodo |date=2008-11-30 |accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref> The project was interrupted in 2014.<ref>[http://www.autotitre.com/lien.php?id=80765&p1=2&p2=1&p3=0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.actu-automobile.com%2F2014%2F10%2F22%2Fmichelin-abandonne-le-developpement-des-roues-motorisees%2F Michelin abandonne le développement des roues motorisées] - actu-automobile.com</ref>

Like other [in-wheel motor](/source/in-wheel_motor)s, the ActiveWheel design provides direct power delivery of approximately {{convert|30|kW|hp|abbr=on}}, as well as [regenerative braking](/source/regenerative_braking).{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} In addition, it replaces a mechanical suspension with an [active suspension](/source/active_suspension) driven by an in-wheel electrical suspension motor that controls torque distribution, traction, turning maneuvers, [pitch](/source/Roll%2C_pitch%2C_and_yaw), roll and suspension damping for that wheel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dogget |first=Scott |title=Michelin to Commercialize Active Wheel; Technology to Appear in 2010 Cars |url=http://www.edmunds.com/autoobserver-archive/2008/12/michelin-to-commercialize-active-wheel-technology-to-appear-in-2010-cars.html |date=1 December 2008 |work=Green Car Advisor |publisher=[Edmunds.com](/source/Edmunds.com) |accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> However, the effects of shocks, water and snow to such an "in-wheel" design have not been precisely studied.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

[Siemens VDO](/source/VDO_(company)), developing a similar concept called eCorner,<ref>[http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=959 eCorner a similar concept being developed by Siemens] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725051042/http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=959 |date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLQ2-yKT4Y a Siemens eCorner video]</ref> was purchased by [Continental](/source/Continental_AG) in 2007.

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1030025_michelins-active-wheel-technology-in-detail Active Wheel technology in detail]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9tDgdV30Jw Active Wheel technology video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsiq13p4b34 Heuliez WIL with Michelin Active Wheel video]
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