Even though many EV aficionados are not really on-board with the idea of putting a gearbox in an electric car, it looks like manufacturers are still doing it. Right now only the Porsche Taycan and ...

Electric bicycles may require less pedaling effort than regular bikes, but … their riders still have to shift gears. Paris-based electric mobility company Valeo is out to change that, by combining a ...

Many ebikes sport a derailleur hanging out back to giver riders more flexibility than single-speeders. There are exceptions that combine gears with the motor, such as Pinion and Valeo. And now there's ...

Drive System Design (DSD) and Alvier Mechatronics have teamed up to create a development platform for electric vehicle drives. “The project leverages DSD’s expertise in rapid development engineering ...

Munich, Germany – The new NORDAC trio SK 300E units provide a sophisticated variable speed motor solution by integrating a frequency inverter drive with an AC motor and gearbox. The single-phase units ...

How do you select a motor and a gearbox (speed reducer) separately, then perfectly match them for your OEM application? Is it better to specify a pre-engineered gearmotor? Does it make a difference?

Servomotor-gearhead combinations are often limited by temperature. The higher the torque load or rpm, the higher the temperature. To improve performance, Servomotor-gearhead combinations are often ...

Koenigsegg has just revealed the details on its new electric motor. Called the Quark, it’s an entirely new design for automotive motors, packing 335 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque in an amazingly compact ...

There’s a treasure trove of usefulness inside of an electric drill. [Steven Dufresne], Hackaday writer and the mad scientist behind Rimstar.org, kindly documented how to safely and reliably remove the ...

It’s an unfortunate fact that when a scientist at MIT describes an exciting new piece of hardware as “low-cost,” it might not mean the same thing as if a hobbyist had said it. [Caden Kraft] ...

There is an easy way to boost the output of a solar panel by as much as 35%: Mount it on a framework that lets it track the sun. The electric motors that move these tracking systems are typically ...