Systems and methods for improving propulsion of a vehicle using selectively attachable hub motors and rotatable axles

A method for improving propulsion of a vehicle, comprising:

• in response to detecting a vehicle configuration associated with an arrangement of a set of hub motors that are selectively attachable on driven wheels of the vehicle, loading a control setting according to the arrangement to one of a series configuration and a parallel configuration to indicate a power source for the driven wheels as one or more of a motor of the set of hub motors and a central propulsion system, the set of hub motors structured to be selectively attached to the driven wheels without removing the driven wheels from the vehicle;
• managing power delivery to the set of hub motors and the central propulsion system of the vehicle to propel the vehicle according to the control setting;
• and
• in response to loading the control setting to the parallel configuration, calculating at least a power rating that defines maximum input power delivered to the set of hub motors according to attributes and a location of the set of hub motors.

A power delivery system for improving propulsion of a vehicle, comprising:

• rotatable axles rotatably coupled to a drivetrain;
• a central propulsion system rotatably coupled to the drivetrain;
• driven wheels rotatably coupled to the rotatable axles;
• a set of hub motors structured to be selectively attached to the driven wheels without removing the driven wheels from the vehicle, hub motors of the set of hub motors include a rotor and a stator, the rotor being mounted to one of the rotatable axles and the stator being mounted to one of the driven wheels that corresponds to the one of the rotatable axles;
• a drive controller including:
• one or more processors;
• a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
• a detection module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to detecting a vehicle configuration associated with an arrangement of the set of hub motors that are selectively attachable on the driven wheels, load a control setting according to the arrangement to one of a series configuration and a parallel configuration to indicate a power source for the driven wheels as one or more of a motor of the set of hub motors and the central propulsion system;
• and
• a managing module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to manage power delivery to the set of hub motors and the central propulsion system to propel the vehicle according to the control setting;
• and
• in response to loading the control setting as defined by the parallel configuration, calculate at least a power rating that defines maximum input power delivered to the set of hub motors according to attributes and a location of the set of hub motors.