but we're pretty confident that the rear-drive model uses a single electric motor mounted to the rear axle. Unfortunately, just as with the Long Range AWD and Launch Edition versions of the updated ...

Sure, there's the odd example of a nameplate that switched which axle is powered over ... Polestar 2 flipped from front-drive to rear-drive for the entry-level, single-motor variant, and it's ...

For Volvo, that means its first commitment to a rear-wheel ... at the rear of a single-motor vehicle directly over the drive wheels. “When we reduce the weight on the front axle, we make the ...

What the single-motor Volvos lose in outright power ... These cars do get Volvo's new rear axle drive unit, but it's paired with an asynchronous motor that powers the front wheels, and can be ...

The new electric Mini Cooper and Mini Aceman are front-wheel-drive ... of the new platform means single-motor cars can only be had with the powertrain on the rear axle. This is because the ...

Interestingly, the hub motor is not in the front wheel as you might expect but sits between the rear wheels on a dual differential axle and drives them both – though the setup ensures that each ...