The white Vauxhall Vivaro van, its diesel engine rumbling, groans to a stop at a suburban Detroit stoplight. Tom Prucha, Protean Electric’s engineering executive, is behind the wheel. Protean makes in ...

The future of electric car design might be about to undergo a radical transformation if the creator of the world’s first-ever in-wheel motor is right about its invention. At CES 2025, electric motor ...

Hyundai is continuing work on in-wheel hub motors for electric vehicles, two recent patent filings indicate. One filing, published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Nov. 14, ...

Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of the earliest electric cars back in 1900, which later added a gas engine to compensate for its primitive lead batteries.

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 ...

Stellantis has introduced the facelifted version of the Opel Combo 4×4, created in collaboration with French company Dangel, which specializes on AWD conversions. The interesting bit is that the ...

A joint venture between Sony and Honda to develop an entertainment-centric electric car, the AFEELA was announced two years ago at CES. Seems like more of the same this year, though Sony has announced ...

BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the electric M Neue Klasse. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Late ...