Hyundai and Kia have unveiled a new type of electric drive system that has the potential to free up considerable space in electric vehicles. Called the Universal Wheel Drive System, or Uni Wheel for ...

When most of us are buying a car, the first thing we look at are the vehicle's design and the capabilities provided by its powertrain. Very few of us give any thought to other systems, like what kind ...

Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui is a multi-faceted individual whose expertise spans the worlds of library and information science, environmental advocacy, and – perhaps surprisingly – the automotive ...

Hyundai and Kia are showing off a new vehicle drivetrain system called the “Universal Drive System” or “Uni Wheel.” The two automakers are hoping this drive system will help solve packaging issues ...

You might not have thought there was anything wrong with the good old half-shaft and CV joint, but Hyundai says it has a better solution. The Korean automaker has developed what it calls a Universal ...

Automakers love to brag about how much more room electric vehicles will free up for passengers. However, electric drive units are still pretty big. Hyundai claims it has come up with a new technology ...

We like weird new engineering ideas here at Ars, and today we have a particularly interesting one in the realm of electric cars. It’s called the Uni Wheel, and it has been designed by Hyundai and Kia ...

Compared to internal combustion vehicles, battery-powered cars are much simpler. There’s no oil to change, no multi-gear transmission that can go wrong if you don’t take care of it, and all the ...

We’re not talking about some kind of mass-market unicycle here—I feel like we have to get that out of the way first. But Hyundai’s Uni Wheel concept is pretty neat. It represents a unique approach to ...

In a normal gas-powered car, the engine delivers power to the transmission, which then delivers power to the wheel or wheels via a driveshaft in a rear-wheel drive car or a constant velocity (CV) ...