TOKYO — In-wheel motors are a long-standing dream for electric vehicles. They hold the potential to transform car design by moving motor hardware to the wheels, freeing up valuable real estate for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

British electric vehicle company BEDEO specializes in turning diesel vans into hybrids thanks to smart in-wheel motor tech. And its latest project—an electric Land Rover Defender conversion—could see ...

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 ...

A recently-surfaced Ferrari patent application hints at in-wheel motors for future performance road cars. First spotted by CarBuzz a filing published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...