In 1900, Ferdinand Porsche and Ludwig Lohner unveiled an electric car with battery-powered motors attached to its front wheels. It was seen as a sensation, but the technology never took off as petrol ...

The electric vehicle hub motor market is projected to reach $104.37 billion by 2035 from $33.15 billion in 2025, growing at a ...

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, ...

In-wheel motor maker Elaphe doesn't see issues with durability or unsprung mass "Vehicle-level" integration of tech could bring 20% cheaper vehicles, 20% efficiency boost Elaphe is targeting 95% ...

British-founded company ProteanDrive partnered with Chinese car manufacturer Dongfeng Motor and Weifu Group to unveil not one, but two mass-production cars with in-wheel motors. Well, the ...

Another company has surfaced with an electric conversion for the original Defender, but there's a difference this time. U.K.-based Bedeo's electric Defender uses in-wheel motors, which Bedeo has ...

Honda’s latest-generation hybrid system has a name. Simply called “Honda Hybrid,” the new setup will make its way into 15 ...

In-wheel motors are now a much-discussed topic for performance electric vehicles, but Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of the Porsche engineering company and father to Ferry Porsche, the founder of the ...

Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui is a multi-faceted individual whose expertise spans the worlds of library and information science, environmental advocacy, and – perhaps surprisingly – the automotive ...

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 Donut Lab thinks this design is outdated, and a hollowed-out rotor can offer important advantages.

Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor (DFM) revealed a revised version of the E70, which is now the world’s first series production passenger vehicle that uses Protean’s in-wheel electric motors. The ...

The Lotus Evija demonstrates the capabilities of an all electric hypercar with four electric motors producing approximately 2,000 metric horsepower and 1,700 Nm of torque. Developed as a limited ...