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.

We like weird new engineering ideas here at Ars, and today we have a particularly interesting one in the realm of electric cars. It’s called the Uni Wheel, and it has been designed by Hyundai and Kia ...

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, ...

Engineers are incorrigible. They simply can't leave a good enough component alone. The ubiquitous CV joint, which is in just about every car with a driven independent axle—read: just about everything ...

All of the Hyundai Motor Group electric vehicles based on the E-GMP platform so far have been rear-wheel-drive vehicles with optional dual-motor all-wheel-drive. Now Kia is going front-wheel drive ...

How two of the most creative EVs on offer in the U.S. market compare in design, ergonomics, performance, charging and tech.

First European passenger car to enter production fitted with in-wheel motors - developed with Protean.