Technology

Power to weight

As a way of judging performance, the power-to-weight ratio might not be the best option

Technology

Under the Skin: The best scale to measure performance

Weight to power tells you more than power to weight

22 June 2020

Under the Skin: The best scale to measure performance

Audi

Keeping a battery the right temperature improves performance

Technology

Under the skin: How heat pumps improve electric cars

200-year-old heat pump technology is boosting the efficiency of the latest EVs

15 June 2020

Under the skin: How heat pumps improve electric cars

Mercedes-Benz interior 2020

Want to order food on the move? Drivers in China already can

Technology

Mercedes: AI technology could be as profitable as selling cars

Firm predicts its MBUX system could create major new profit source

10 June 2020

Mercedes: AI technology could be as profitable as selling cars

EV battery pack

Ensuring EV battery packs can keep their cool is done in a number of different ways

Technology

Under the skin: How heat management can cut EV charging times

Electric car battery packs heat up when charging, so innovative cooling systems are vital to improving usability

8 June 2020

Under the skin: How heat management can cut EV charging times

Porsche Taycan batteries

Technology

Under the skin: two reasons why EV charging times are set to plummet

800V EV charging is set to close the convenience gap with conventional cars

1 June 2020

Under the skin: two reasons why EV charging times are set to plummet

Technology

Under the skin: how camless engines make 300bhp per litre with 20% less fuel

Koenigsegg's freevalve engine promises performance and economy, but how does it actually work?

25 May 2020

Under the skin: how camless engines make 300bhp per litre with 20% less fuel

Crashing an EV test

Technology

Under the skin: a crash course in making electric cars collision-safe

EVs have different structures and safety technology to provide protection in a collision. We take a closer look

18 May 2020

Under the skin: a crash course in making electric cars collision-safe

Equipmake inverter

Equipmake’s new inverter has a far better power-to-weight ratio than those in use today

Technology

Under the skin: How better AC/DC inversion will boost EVs

More efficient inverters, such as UK firm Equipmake's, allow electric vehicles to get more from their batteries

11 May 2020

Under the skin: How better AC/DC inversion will boost EVs

REE EV platform examples

Platform has flat floor. Wheel modules control main functions

Technology

Israeli start up reveals ultra-flexible modular EV platform

REE’s radical, easy to work on EV tech enables a 2.7m-long five-seat robotaxi and much more besides

4 May 2020

Israeli start up reveals ultra-flexible modular EV platform

Zenvo transmission

Zenvo's seven-speed gearbox

Technology

Under the skin: The secret to rapid gearshifts in a road car

Supercar maker Zenvo's seven-speed transmission shifts faster with no synchromesh

4 May 2020

Under the skin: The secret to rapid gearshifts in a road car

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