The fundamental downside of the wheel hub motor is its unsprung mass on the wheel, which affects the chassis setup, particularly how responsive it is. So far, Honda hasn't revealed any performance ...

WATT had previously developed the Passenger and Commercial EV Skateboard (PACES), a lightweight aluminum platform for ...

Four thousand horsepower! In your wheels! YASA’s new axial flux motor is so light and powerful it makes a V12 look like a bicycle pump. It’s the world’s first mass-neutral in-wheel motor, meaning no ...

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 ...

This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories of 2025 from the world of electric bikes ...

Jumping on the bicycle, I was told to watch out: As soon I started to pedal, it would feel like I’d been pushed forward by a big gust of wind. So don’t be surprised, they said. Good advice. While it ...

The race to build lighter, more powerful electric motors has just produced a startling new benchmark: an in-wheel drive unit ...

Audi has opened a new charging hub in Düsseldorf, Germany, which is powered by second-life batteries from its own electric ...

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 ...

German supplier Continental says it is close to production for wheel hub motors that integrate braking, whether the customer wants disc or drums, or hydraulic or dry brake-by-wire. Conti will package ...

Yamaha is set to unveil an impressive new electric bicycle design in the coming days. In addition to a futuristic appearance, several key innovations in the Yamaha Y-01W AWD fly in the face of ...

Looking at the rear wheel of the Verge motorcycle makes me grasp something: Futuristic things look futuristic because they look wrong. The wheel appears to have no visible means of support. Where the ...