Nineteenth-century electric cars were as likely to use inboard motors as they were wheel-hub motors ... Orbis spent two years ...

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple’s electric car project have launched a new startup that puts a fresh spin on electric hub motors. The new startup, called Conifer ...

“You had a wheel before, which had a hub motor, now you get a new wheel, and just with the drop-in replacement, you get 10% range improvement. That’s it. And so all the cost and all the other ...

The motor, and Conifer's approach to building it, helped it build out a $20 million seed round from a host of deep tech investors, including True Ventures, MaC Ventures, MFV Partners, and others.