Most of the electric motors we see these days are of the electromagnetic variety, and for good reason: they’re powerful. But there’s a type of motor that was invented before the ...

QUESTION Who invented Scalextric ... Francis realised that hobbyists were fitting small electric motors to their tinplate ...

In 1832, William Sturgeon invented the first electric motor that could power a machine. Thomas Davenport patented a direct-current (DC) electric motor in 1837. The rechargeable lead-acid battery ...

Hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) such as the Toyota Prius have an electric motor and a gas engine with the only distance limit being the gas in the tank. Introduced in 1997 and the most popular ...