Founded 1948 Founder Ferdinand Porsche Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany Owned By Volkswagen Current CEO Oliver Blume The next ...

motor for this new racing machine is somewhat radically located in the hub of the back wheel. Australia's Team Catavolt have lofted their slouch hats into the eFX / TTXGP electric motorcycle road ...

Mazda was granted a new U.S. patent this week for the design of an offset wheel-mounted motor for electric and hybrid vehicles. In previous wheel/hub motor configurations, the motor has typically ...

It's been nearly 125 years since a young Ferdinand Porsche tinkered with in-wheel hub motors for one of his first jobs. Back then, the technology would thrust Porsche into the limelight and ...

And with new technologies, from 3D printing to in-wheel motors (IWMs) that allow a car to spin on the spot, electric motors could be grabbing more of the limelight. Getty Images Improvements in ...

Its electric three-wheeler that replenishes ... Originally, Aptera envisioned the vehicle as having in-wheel hub motors, but those would not have been done in time to start production, so the ...

This car was powered by electric wheel hub motors, and was showcased at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. Later that year, he decided to combine the electric motors with a combustion engine ...

and a vehicle for long rides, then a belt-driven one would be a better pick. However, the belt-driven vehicles are a bit costlier to maintain and make more noise when compared to the hub motor.