The Lightyear 0, a new solar-powered car, uses in-wheel electric motors, which were first introduced over 100 years ago and might be staging a comeback.

At CES 2025, Elaphe, a Slovenian in-wheel motor specialist, unveiled its Sonic. 1 high-performance in-wheel motor designed for front-wheel applications in electric and hybrid vehicles. "Sonic .1's ...

Donut Motors and the Elaphe in the Room at CES 2025. Damn the unsprung weight and full speed ahead on wheel-mounted e-motors! Frank Markus Writer Jan 13, 2025. See All 9 Photos.

Elaphe in-wheel motors were showcased on the Italdesign Quintessenza GT concept, a grand tourer with a raised ride height and pickup-style bed.Italdesign quotes a 0-62 mph time of 2.5 seconds, or ...

Italdesign Quintessenza concept car suggests in-wheel quad-motor future topping 2,000 hp Elaphe's new in-wheel motors can be used in high-performance hybrids or EVs It can deliver a continuous 268 ...

If you have never heard about Elaphe, you are probably not alone. The company is very low-profile even when it comes to manufacturing and delivering its in-wheel motors.

ATTENTION: Elaphe will also be presenting their ultimate in-wheel powertrain platform for autonomous applications at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from Jan. 9 - 12.

Elaphe Propulsion Technologies recently introduced modular platforms for autonomous vehicles. The Slovenia-based company has manufactured electric in-wheel propulsion systems since 2003. Elaphe ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Elaphe is pushing the envelope of how we view automotive design. The auto industry has seen multiple groundbreaking developments over recent ...

Elaphe will develop a specific L-1500 Endurance In-Wheel Motor model for the Endurance, which needs four of them for all-wheel-drive with a system output of 600 hp (roughly 440 kW) total.

Elaphe is also eyeing up China for expansion. It plans to scale up its output to more than 100,000 in-wheel motors a year in Slovenia by next year, before launching production in both the United ...