Nearly half of the Toyotas that rolled out of U.S. showrooms last year carried some form of electric motor, a milestone that signals how quickly the country’s biggest automaker is rewiring its lineup.

Electric cars don't require multiple gears, but they still have transmissions. And General Motors is working on a way to make them better. A patent filing from the automaker detailing a new type of ...

Any enthusiast will be able to tell you the seat-of-the-pants characteristics of their favorite engine. The torque-peakiness of an Eighties turbo car, the endless rev-hungry climb of a naturally ...

British electric drive specialist Helix builds some of the most power-dense electric motors in the world. Now it's working to springboard that compact, power-packed design into a marine drive ...

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Explore how to build a DIY electric motor using simple, readily available materials in this detailed tutorial. Watch ...

Boutique Swedish automaker Koenigsegg recently unveiled the production version of its Gemera hypercar. It’s a hybrid, powered by two available combustion engines as well as a single, powerful electric ...

Electric powertrains are simpler than internal combustion engines, but they’re no less impressive when it comes to the technical wizardry that helps you go places. Batteries, of course, are at the ...

Electrifying air travel is a key way to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions—but engineers will have to overcome a number of technical and regulatory hurdles before that can happen. Share on ...

Back at the IAA Transportation 2022 exhibition, German Tier 1 automotive supplier Mahle presented the Super Continuous Torque (SCT) motor, an electric machine capable of running continuously at 90% of ...