Bowing to auto industry and oil sector pressure, California backed off a revolutionary mandate that would've required 2% of all new cars sold in the state to be zero-emission. That gave General Motors ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...

Remember, this was a time when you'd get gasoline from your local pharmacist or the area blacksmith, if you had either, not a gas station on every corner. If you were around back then you'd probably ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — For decades General Motors built vehicles at its plant in Lordstown, a village about 17 miles west of Youngstown. But when the plant closed in 2019, the facility’s days of making ...

To some people, they make fancy toys for the smug rich. Others think they're going to save the world. Either way, you've almost certainly heard of a little company called Tesla.

One of the big advantages of electric vehicles is their greater freedom when it comes to packaging. Batteries go where it makes the most sense in terms of stability and safety. Electric motors are ...

Mercedes is betting big on axial flux electric motors for its future electric AMG performance vehicles — but don’t expect the tech to be limited to low-production products from Affalterbach. What are ...

On October 8, 1883, a significant moment in aviation history unfolded when French brothers Albert-Charles Tissandier and Gaston Tissandier piloted the first-ever airship powered by electricity. This ...