Mercedes and YASA not only achieved a new world record but also showcased the validity of this next-generation powertrain.

It also weighs about as much as a bike. Combine the power and the weight, and you get a new unofficial power density record.

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A hybrid Cessna 337 in California completed a successful test flight using a silicon carbide-based inverter developed by the ...

Editor's note: Japanese supplier Aisin manufacturers traction motors for hybrids and EVs. An earlier version of this story said otherwise. When it comes to electric vehicles, efficiency is money. Even ...

A hybrid Cessna 337 taxied down a Southern California runway and lifted into the air. The plane, a type commonly used as an ...

Honda has been at the forefront of hybrid powertrain innovation ever since the technology first entered the mainstream consciousness more than 15 years ago. And for nearly a decade, the company's ...

Growing up in Southwest Harbor, Lia Morris spent her childhood surrounded by boats. It was inevitable. She had a boatyard in her backyard, because her father, Tom Morris, was a boatbuilder and the ...