To that end, a pair of offerings coming soon from UK-based EV startup Longbow Motors looks to deliver exactly that. The Speedster and Roadster are high-performance electric machines built using ...

Electric motors usually comprise a stator and a rotor, with the latter rotating inside the former. Donut Lab thinks this design is outdated, and a hollowed-out rotor can offer important advantages.

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Hyundai is continuing work on in-wheel hub motors for electric vehicles, two recent patent filings indicate. One filing, published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Nov. 14, ...

Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of the earliest electric cars back in 1900, which later added a gas engine to compensate for its primitive lead batteries.

The Italdesign Quintessenza has the world's first in-wheel motors compatible with large high-performance brakes. The drive units are made by Elaphe, a Slovenian company. Elaphe was also a supplier of ...

The CX-6e is powered by a 78kWh battery pack with a single rear-mounted electric motor to make rear-wheel drive.

The future of electric car design might be about to undergo a radical transformation if the creator of the world's first-ever in-wheel motor is right about its invention. At CES 2025, electric motor ...

The 2026 Volvo EX30 Single Motor Plus is one such vehicle. Positioned as an electric compact luxury SUV but smaller than ...

A wheel hub motor can achieve a 20% increase in efficiency, leading to reduced EV battery size or increased vehicle range. By deploying this motor at scale, automakers could potentially save over US$1 ...

Volvo’s all-electric subsidiary is sliding a base variant into the Polestar 3 lineup just as sales of the electric SUV start. Previously, Polestar announced only dual-motor all-wheel-drive versions of ...

With high-performance tires, Italdesign reckons it could do 0-62 mph in less than 2.2 seconds. (Also, it has seats in the ...