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Winner's circle: How Protean's in-wheel motors will reshape EVs

Summary by Autocar UK
Winner of Autocar's innovation award is reinventing the wheel, and could transform car packaging for good Surrey-based EV motor developer Protean has its roots in a firm called PML Flightlink, which made headlines in 2006 when it fitted four in-wheel motors (IWMs) to a Mini Cooper to give 640bhp, a sub-5.0sec 0-62mph time and a £200k price. The outfit was later acquired by NEVS, the Chinese-owned successor to Saab, before EV tech specialist Bede…
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Autocar UK broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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