Electric vehicles function in fundamentally different ways than traditional cars. Internal combustion engines have loads of moving parts, and while EVs have their own complexities, they’re much more ...

Extremely high horsepower-to-liter ratios for naturally aspirated cars like the Honda S2000, Ferrari 458 Speciale, or, more recently, the Aston Martin Valkyrie, are inspiring works of engineering art.

We last caught up with Equipmake back in 2018, when this British company's spoked magnet electric motors were capable of generating a monster 9 kilowatts of power per kilogram, using cheap materials ...

For a lot of electrical and mechanical machines, there are nominal and peak ratings for energy output or input. If you’re in marketing or advertising, you’ll typically look at the peak rating and move ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yasa’s axial flux motor set an unofficial record for the highest power-to-weight ratio. During testing, the slim drive unit delivered over 700 horsepower while tipping the scales at just 28.8 pounds ...

If there's one major thing that's holding back an electric revolution in the aviation world, it's energy storage. But there are a ton of very clever people banging away at the problem of how to ...

As extreme weather events lead to more power outages, the carmaker said it would equip all its electric vehicles to act as sources of emergency power. By Jack Ewing General Motors said Tuesday that it ...

The 2026 Polestar 4 represents a key step in the brand's expansion within the premium electric SUV segment. Positioned ...

It’s plain to see that electric vehicles are the future, but there’s more to making that change happen than swapping out a gas motor for a battery-powered one — especially in aircraft. H3X is a ...