Electric vehicles are nothing new. In fact, some of the earliest automobiles were battery-powered EVs. Despite having been around for more than 100 years, it's only recently that this drivetrain ...

A new chapter in electric motor design may be underway, and it’s being written in the UK. Yasa Motors, based in Britain and owned by Mercedes, has developed a new electric motor that sets a new ...

Electric performance is about to be rewritten by a motor that does two jobs at once. Instead of relying on heavy rear brake hardware, a new generation of in-wheel units delivers supercar thrust while ...

Italdesign Quintessenza concept car suggests in-wheel quad-motor future topping 2,000 hp Elaphe's new in-wheel motors can be used in high-performance hybrids or EVs It can deliver a continuous 268 hp ...

There's no replacement for displacement. An adage that's been around as long as the combustion engine, really. But these age-old sayings don't really apply anymore when it comes to electric motors.

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.