They seem like a natural choice for electric vehicles, yet hardly any modern EVs have them. That may be changing soon. Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of ...

Electric motors are round. Wheels are round. It's a pretty natural impulse to combine the two. No lesser automotive luminary than Dr. Ferdinand Porsche did it first, inventing the wheel-hub motor in ...

BMW was caught testing a new coupe prototype with strong Neue Klasse vibes and revolutionary tech. The Neue Klasse Coupe that no one saw coming features wheel hub motors on all four corners. This is ...

Bosch debuts its 5-lb Hub Line rear motor and slim PowerTube 360 battery to make urban e-bikes lighter, cleaner, and commuter ...

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, ...

General Motors hopes to boost the power and performance of light trucks while simultaneously improving fuel economy and reducing vehicle weight through a new piece of technology: wheel hub motors. At ...

Putting electric motors in automobile wheels is not a new idea. Ferdinand Porsche achieved his first fame at age 25 with wheel hub motors in the Lohner-Porsche Electric car exhibited at the Paris ...

Ford has applied for a patent on a solid-axle and hub-motor combination for EVs remarkably similar to what the automaker dismissed as nonviable for its F-150 Lightning pickup truck. As detailed in the ...

Welcome to SHIFT Basics, a collection of tips, explainers, guides, and advice to keep you up to speed with mobility tech. One of the most important choices you need to make when buying an ebike is ...