Originally, Aptera envisioned the vehicle as having in-wheel hub motors, but those would not have been done in time to start production, so the company has now switched to inboard motors.

As for four-wheeled cars, Zap tried but it looks like PML ... We have since partnered up with a company in China with rights to their wheel hub motors. The significance is that the wheel hub ...

Rumors had suggested the car was equipped with DeepDrive-sourced motors and that seems likely as spy photographers noted the prototype lacked brake calipers and had “silver wheel hub motors ...

In comparison: a Mercedes E 500 4MATIC takes 5.2 seconds. The wheel hub motors' redline speed of 2,000 rpm effectively limits the car's top speed to 220 km/h (137 mph). The strong performance and ...

By the late 2010s many new cars, typically came with alloy wheels as standard, and hubcaps were more commonly seen on older models or classic motors ... not remove wheel hub caps for the test ...