AutomationDirect has expanded the line of SureStep motion control products. Stepping motors in standard NEMA sizes (17, 23, & 34) now include dual-shaft, bi-polar models with output torques ranging ...

If you haven’t been paying that close attention to the Rivian lineup, it’s hard to understand why its new dual-motor setup is so important. After all, the R1T pickup and R1S SUV are already all-wheel ...

Rivian’s Dual-Motor layout consolidates two motors into one single-motor drive unit for each axle, a strategy intended to reduce weight while reaching a wider audience at a lower price point. The cost ...

Rivian set out to impress at the flagship end of the market with its first R1T and R1S electric vehicles: now, it has to build versions that the rest of us can afford. The new R1 Dual-Motor series isn ...

Costs nearly as much as a Quad-Motor Reduced off-road capability Having to explain why you didn't just get the Quad-Motor It's a perfectly reasonable question: Shouldn't the truck with half as many ...

AutomationDirect has added new SureStep® motors, now available in NEMA 42 frame sizes. Six new motor sizes are available with single or dual shafts. These twelve models extend the torque range of the ...

Electric vehicle brand Rivian is giving its truck buyers a second powertrain choice and Newsweek's Autos team was one of the first publications allowed behind the wheel. The Rivian R1T electric pickup ...

The 600-hp Cybertruck is no slouch, zipping to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds, but it can't keep up with the 834-hp truck's 2.6-second run. We've now tested the 600-hp dual-motor all-wheel-drive Cybertruck to ...

Linear motors are synchronous motors: Current is applied to the coil to form an electromagnet. The coil then synchronizes itself to the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnets in the magnet ...

• The major issue with all parallel-drive systems is orthogonal alignment. • The dynamic motion generated by any two identical linear-shaft motors is the same ...