Electric cars don't require multiple gears, but they still have transmissions. And General Motors is working on a way to make them better. A patent filing from the automaker detailing a new type of ...

Ford has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a manual transmission with electronic clutch, which would allow drivers to shift gears without ...

According to GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which uses over one million patents to analyze innovation intensity for the automotive industry, there are 300+ innovation areas that will shape the ...

GM has filed a patent for a new system capable of controlling a clutch in an electric vehicle (EV) transmission using modular actuation. The patent application was assigned patent number US ...

Eaton has expanded its remanufacturing program to now offer remanufacturing of electronic clutch actuators used on Eaton UltraShift Plus transmissions, maximizing the reuse of materials and reducing ...

Several automakers experimented with equipping electric vehicles with multi-gear transmissions, but virtually none actually made it to production. The only two currently on sale are the Porsche Taycan ...

Known for its technology innovations, Honda’s R&D efforts have been somewhat lackluster as of late. The Japanese automaker appears to have turned a corner, however, announcing a long list of new ...

It is a widely-publicized advantage of electric motors that they don’t really need conventional transmissions, but BYD is challenging that with a new version of its e3. The model developed for driving ...