A motor — or a generator — requires some normal magnets and some electromagnets. The usual arrangement is to have a brushed commutator that both powers the electromagnets and switches their polarity ...

Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a ...

The turbo four's 75-pony deficit relative to the twin-turbo V-6 adds 1.0 second to its 60-mph sprint, with the 2.5T completing the dash in 5.6 seconds. That puts it neck and neck with the Audi Q5 45 ...