Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. To understand how electric cars work, it helps to keep in mind the ...

An EV's electric motor doesn’t have to pressurize and ignite gasoline to move the car’s wheels. Instead, it uses electromagnets inside the motor that are powered by the battery to generate rotational ...

Eduardo Zepeda is a car aficionado, gasoline mechanic, and motorhome enthusiast based in central Mexico. He has lived in different parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and he is constantly ...

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 ...

Lucid has just released the fourth installment in its Tech Talk series that describes various elements of company’s first offering, the Air sedan. This latest video is arguably the most interesting to ...

(iSeeCars) — Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining market share at a rapid pace, with sales of EVs growing by 55 percent in 2022 compared to 2021 according to the International Energy Agency.That number ...

Electric motors can seem very mysterious! How do they use electricity to start rotating? Let's break it down step by step to understand how it works. Topics covered in this video: circuits, current, ...

When you drive an electric vehicle for the first time, your car might not even have a gear lever or gear stick allowing you to shift gears. Step on the accelerator (not the “gas pedal”), and you won't ...

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 ...

Once seen as relatively simple commodity components that could power a forklift as well as a supercar, electric motors are increasingly becoming a differentiator, with a range of technologies for ...

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 ...