They seem like a natural choice for electric vehicles, yet hardly any modern EVs have them. That may be changing soon. Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of ...

Lordstown Motors is planning to use a former GM facility near Cleveland, Ohio, to effectively beat GM to the punch—in offering an all-electric, made-in-America pickup. “Our goal is to build the first ...

This electric pickup isn't meant to be a Tesla Cybertruck rival, but one to win over commercial fleets with a no-nonsense attitude. On Thursday, Lordstown Motors Corporation revealed its first vehicle ...

In-wheel motors became a reality in a production electric pickup for the blink of an eye—in the Lordstown Endurance. But the technology, also known as wheel-hub motors, hasn't yet been confirmed as ...

Just about every powertrain configuration has been offered in recent production vehicles except one: the wheel hub motor. It's not been for lack of trying. General Motors early this century tinkered ...

Renault’s upcoming 5 Turbo 3E electric rally for the road might be the most exciting EV you can buy, but it isn't cheap. Renault takes two 5 Turbo 3E prototypes to Corsica where they please the crowds ...

There are plenty of firms turning classic cars – including Land Rovers – into EVs, but UK-based Bedeo’s new Land Rover Defender conversion is unusual because it uses in-wheel motors. In-wheel, or ...

Donut Lab, which unveiled a family of in-wheel electric motors at CES 2025, has spent almost a decade searching for one of the holy grails of the EV industry: in-wheel motors that actually work. These ...

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 ...

Mazda was granted a new U.S. patent this week for the design of an offset wheel-mounted motor for electric and hybrid vehicles. In previous wheel/hub motor configurations, the motor has typically been ...

BMW was caught testing a new coupe prototype with strong Neue Klasse vibes and revolutionary tech. The Neue Klasse Coupe that no one saw coming features wheel hub motors on all four corners. This is ...