A homebuilt electric plane, the Rolls-Royce goal of leading the electric aviation market, hydrogen infrastructure for airports, and more electric … [continued]
A few days ago, Aptera put out a monthly update. Most importantly, the company revealed its factory, which is an … [continued]
One of the big departures Aptera is making from today’s automotive world is the use of in-wheel hub motors. This leaves potential buyers and reservation holders with a lot of questions. Here’s what we’ve figured out so far:
Lordstown Motors is pushing to build 30 pre-production versions of its Endurance electric pickup truck before the end of the year. It expects to build 20,000 of them in 2021.
Elaphe, a Tier One supplier to the auto industry, will begin production of its L1500 in-wheel electric motor with up to 1,500 Newton-meters of torque in the 4th quarter of 2019.
The new fully-electric, in-wheel drive Audi supercar represents the next generation of testing Elaphe’s production-ready products in performance test mules.
The vehicle is still in a very early state of development and was assembled to validate whether Elaphe’s new in-wheel electric motors can deliver high end performance. The early results, which can be seen in the short video below, demonstrate that Elaphe’s in-wheel motor configuration can propel the electrified Audi R8 from 0-100kph / 0-62mph in just over 3.5 seconds.
