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In-wheel motors could reshape cars

The Venturi Volage electric sports car has Michelin's Active Wheel motors.
JL
By:
Joseph Lichterman
September 13, 2011 05:00 AM

The white Vauxhall Vivaro van, its diesel engine rumbling, groans to a stop at a suburban Detroit stoplight.

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