The white Vauxhall Vivaro van, its diesel engine rumbling, groans to a stop at a suburban Detroit stoplight. Tom Prucha, Protean Electric’s engineering executive, is behind the wheel. Protean makes in ...

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 ...

UK-based Yasa has revealed a potentially game-changing in-wheel electric motor. Based on its record-breaking tiny axial flux motor, the new drive unit prototype can provide over 1,000 hp per wheel.

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.

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, ...

A small but fast-growing group of builders is swapping carburetors for battery packs, converting beloved classics to electric power while keeping their vintage looks fully intact. It's a controversial ...

Most electric vehicles on the market have electric motors located between the wheels but a company named Donut Labs has just unveiled an in-wheel motor that could shake up future EVs. This intriguing ...

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% ...

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 Donut Lab thinks this design is outdated, and a hollowed-out rotor can offer important advantages.

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 ...

The first production electric vehicle from a major manufacturer with hub motors in each wheel has been approved for sale in China. Filing data from the local MIIT regulatory body shows that Dongfeng's ...