But will autonomous vehicles drive the same as the machines that we use to ferry ourselves and our goods today? If the company Protean has anything to say about it, there will be one marked difference, and it’ll be at the auto’s wheelbase.
According to Protean’s sources, the “global intelligent mobility market” (what that encompasses is anyone’s guess) will reach a staggering $1 trillion per year by 2025. That’s six years from now.
Impressively, Protean can provide all of these features in an all-in-one package that consists of a ProteanDrive hub motor (the powerhouse of the project), a dampened, mini double wishbone suspension connected to a 360-degree rotating steering arm, and of course, a tire and rim. As currently advertised, each ProteanDrive will be powered by a Protean Pd18 unit capable of supplying each base with 107HP of toque.