Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.

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 ...

Editor's note: Japanese supplier Aisin manufacturers traction motors for hybrids and EVs. An earlier version of this story said otherwise. When it comes to electric vehicles, efficiency is money. Even ...

Several companies around the globe have been hard at work innovating and refining magnet-free electric motors to make them a more viable option for the fast-growing EV industry. ZF Friedrichshafen has ...

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 ...

Automakers are putting the brakes on ambitious all-electric vehicle expansion plans of recent past, increasingly pursuing multiple powertrain technologies for cutting emissions across their global ...

MUNICH — German electric motor startup DeepDrive could shake up the electric vehicle sector. That is the view of former Audi and Volvo board member Peter Mertens, who said the company's solution "is ...

(Our Auto Expert) – In the rapidly evolving world of electric vehicles (EVs), the battle for supremacy is heating up, and the tactics employed by US automakers like Ford contrast sharply with the ...

Renault said over 300 patents had been lodged for the design of the Megane E-Tech Electric. The automaker said it saw the electric motor play a strategic role in the EV value chain and decided to ...

Electric vehicles are now the center of the automotive conversation, not the sideshow. The 2026 BMW iX3 arrives as the first ...

Global Automotive Electric Motors Market Development Strategy Pre and Post COVID-19, by Corporate Strategy Analysis, Landscape, Type, Application, and Leading 20 Countries , Covid 19 Outbreak Impact ...

Detroit’s automakers say they are ready to go all-electric, but at the Motor City’s auto show this week they are adding a caveat: not just yet. Ford Motor will unveil Wednesday night the ...