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 race to build lighter, more powerful electric motors has just produced a startling new benchmark: an in-wheel drive unit that delivers 1,000 hp per corner in a package small enough to disappear ...

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, ...

Yasa’s record-breaking, insanely powerful axial flux motor made is now being tested for in-wheel powertrains. UK-based Yasa has revealed a potentially game-changing in-wheel electric motor. Based on ...

British firm YASA claims its axial flux motors will make big power while eliminating the need for big brakes—at the rear of the car, at least. Regenerative braking means EVs rely less on their ...

Hyundai and Kia on Wednesday unveiled a new EV motor design that splits the difference between conventional motors and in-wheel motors. Dubbed the Universal Wheel Drive System—or Uni Wheel for ...

Five years ago, Verge made headlines with its TS electric motorbike. Not only did this two-wheeler have an incredibly cool-looking, hubless rear motor, but this engine also delivered as much torque as ...

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 ...