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

What’s more, because there is no need for drive shafts either, the startup reckons carmakers can shave about 440 lbs (200 kg) off current-generation EVs by adopting its in-wheel motor and removing ...

Here is an EV swap where using the manual gearbox actually makes sense, especially when you want to have fun while driving.

I bought a used Kia EV6 even though I don't have charging at home. Here are the things I wish I'd known to inform my buying ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

While in-wheel electric motors are nothing new, they haven’t been widely adopted in the EV market, in part because they’re ...

The time is upon us:The electric cars cometh. It's inexorable, so like it or lump it, it's time to figure them out. First, though, we need to understand a few terms and the basic concepts behind those ...

We all know the adage about those who refuse to learn from history—and it seems we learned nothing from the earliest days of electric cars. Go back through the history of the great gas-vs.-electric ...