Who sells, or builds tricycles with rear drive motors?

[tomjasz]

I've been stumbling around the internet trying to compare trikes with rear drive. I understand there are models using hub motors as rear drive power.
I'm interested in knowing which models are available and which manufacturers' motors are being used. I've seen dozens of low-priced trikes with components that are typically unobtanium! That's another discussion. It saddens me to see those $1000 ebikes destined for the recycler.

 

[PCeBiker]

You can convert a hub motor into a mid drive motor and add it to a trike.

You remove the spokes and rim from the hub motor and replace the brake rotor with a sprocket/chain wheel.

Mount the motor between the BB and the rear differential then feed the chain from the pedals to the freewheel (if you use a derailleur) or single sprocket (if there's already a derailleur on the differential)

Then connect the output drive sprocket (that used to be the brake rotor) to the differential (or derailleur) on the rear axle(s)

The pedals should work as normal and you can use the motor like a gearbox with different sized input and output sprocket sizes.

 

[tomjasz]

You can convert a hub motor into a mid drive motor and add it to a trike.

You remove the spokes and rim from the hub motor and replace the brake rotor with a sprocket/chain wheel.

Mount the motor between the BB and the rear differential then feed the chain from the pedals to the freewheel (if you use a derailleur) or single sprocket (if there's already a derailleur on the differential)

Then connect the output drive sprocket (that used to be the brake rotor) to the differential (or derailleur) on the rear axle(s)

The pedals should work as normal and you can use the motor like a gearbox with different sized input and output sprocket sizes.

Nah.
After 12 years and more than a dozen personal builds, I probably have enough parts and motors to achieve that.
But, as the Cruzian says, "Nuttin tall be so."