Automobile lovers have been steeped in the language of the internal-combustion engine for so long that the inexorable switch to electrification requires a tune-up of our knowledge base. Many of us are ...

Electric motors are becoming the primary source of mechanical motion, making their operation, types, and applications more ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Hybrid cars have exploded in popularity over the past decade, and are now more sight-after than ever, thanks to how they blend the efficiency of an electric car with the long-range abilities of a ...

With the internal combustion engine (ICE) being a staple of multiple forms of transportation since the late 19th century, most people are at least somewhat familiar with how an engine works: fuel and ...

You may have heard the term electrified to describe a vehicle. Despite what it sounds like, an electrified vehicle is not always synonymous with an electric vehicle. Every electric vehicle is ...

Over the hundreds of years since the invention of the internal combustion engine, we have seen endless variations. Engineers have created everything from single-cylinder thumpers to W-16-shaped ...

Battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, are increasingly all over the place. Heck, the bestselling car in the world (the Tesla Model Y) is electric, and in certain parts of the world, you can't stroll ...

Electric vehicles may sound confusing, but they’re easy to understand with a little bit of explanation. First, it helps to know the difference between electric vehicles and electrified vehicles: An ...

Early incarnations of the electric motor first appeared in the 1740s through the work of Scottish Benedictine monk and scientist, Andrew Gordon. Other scientists such as Michael Faraday and Joseph ...