Mavic has launched its first e-bike drive unit, the X-Tend. Designed for e-road and e-gravel use, the French brand claims the e-motor is the lightest system currently available, enabling complete bike ...

Like the original Lightweight E-Type coupes, the continuation cars will feature an aluminum body shell that reduces weight by 205 pounds over the standard steel body. Despite the advances in aluminum ...

Local Motors isn’t a traditional automaker. Yes, it sells the outrageous Rally Fighter off-roader, and built a groundbreaking 3D-printed car, but the company is really about designing the cars in the ...

The best lightweight electric bikes will give you a ride that's not too dissimilar to a non-assisted bike but with an added electrical power boost. Many of the best electric bike categories feature ...

Nelson Ireson May 10, 2012 Comment Now! Lightweight cars aren't just good for better gas mileage: they're also faster. Audi's race technology has been well-known to flow toward its production cars, ...

Local Motors, the Arizona-based company behind the bizarre Rally Fighter off-roader (pictured), is now at work on a totally new project to make a new platform for a pair of track-ready, lightweight ...

General Motors is operating full steam ahead when it comes to integrating lightweight materials and innovative manufacturing techniques into its new passenger cars and trucks. That was the takeaway ...

Equipmake says it's got the lightest and most power-dense electric motor on the market, and if there's one place where weight is critical, it's on a launch pad. The company has developed an ...

DeltaWing Technology Group and DHX Electric Machines, both based in Georgia in the US, are collaborating to build small, lightweight electric motors for automotive applications. The companies claim ...

A recent IDTechEx report says that Newcastle University in the UK was chosen by Boeing to develop an ultra-lightweight electric motor for an upper atmosphere electric aircraft. A recent IDTechEx ...

The best lightweight electric bikes will give you a ride that's not too dissimilar to a non-assisted bike but with an added electrical power boost. Turn to the best electric road bikes and the best ...