From where I'm standing, it makes far more sense to make the next-generation GTI rear-wheel drive, and failing to do so will ...

General Motors is investing $888 million in its Tonawanda Propulsion plant in Buffalo, New York, “to support the production ...

At the same time, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe offered details about the Maximus drive unit that will power the R2. Rivian is among a handful of EV startups that are pushing electric vehicles into the ...

At the rear axle is an electric drive unit that consists of a motor with 201 horses and 236 pound-feet, a two-speed transmission, an electronically controlled limited-slip differential ...

The drive unit serves as the core of an EV by converting electrical energy in the battery to mechanical energy. Drive units today cost less than half of the original Model S drive unit ...

as it reduces electric drive unit production. The Toledo Propulsion plant currently runs up to three shifts, GM also said. About 1,520 GM employees work at the plant according to the company’s ...

But the entire system is sealed, enclosed within the EV drive unit's housing. A rotor and pad bookend the electric motor within the metal housing. To keep things cool since there's no airflow ...