German supplier Continental says it is close to production for wheel hub motors that integrate braking, whether the customer wants disc or drums, or hydraulic or dry brake-by-wire. Conti will ...

ADO has co-developed a hub motor with Bafang that sports 3-speed auto-shifting gears. The first model to roll with this system is the Air 30 Ultra city ride, which also comes with a 100-km battery ...

Putting the motors close to the wheels makes sense—in the wheel itself if possible—and it seems that a startup called Donut Lab may have solved some of the problems hub-mounted motors have ...

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Waning demand for expensive battery-electric vehicles and tough financial conditions led to the canning of the Maserati MC20 Folgore. But over at Ferrari, the Prancing Horse of Maranello hasn't ...

Powering the Hero Electric Photon is a BLDC hub motor. On the 72 Li version, you get a 1kW motor with a peak power of 1.5kW. The LP trim gets a larger 1.2kW motor that has a peak power of 1.8kW.

Even the power outputs are different. The 8kW motor on the naked churns 5kW of continuous power while the faired bike’s 6kW motor manages to produce 3.5kW of continuous power. With faired ...

When it comes to ‘refuelling’, it’s difficult to compare an electric vehicle (EV) to a ‘normal’ car with an internal ...

The lessened weight is thanks to the smaller 350W rear hub motor paired beside a 360Wh battery ... input also expanding with your setup up to 16.8kW. On this note, if you were to build up in ...

Designed for frequent use, this model features a 1.8kW motor, a 420L/hour water flow ... check out our dedicated talkSPORT shopping hub.