Proud of the past, focused on the future
Proud of the past, focused on the future… This year marks two decades of Elaphe pioneering in-wheel technology. 🗣 To celebrate, we are bringing together the people who are part…
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Sonic X samples are shipping!
Hello! Sonic X samples are shipping! Always a good moment to see Sonic X units heading out after all the work that goes into getting them there. Behind every…
Summer demo sessions complete!
Summer demo sessions complete! More than 10 dedicated demo sessions with OEM customers and investors, often with multiple teams joining at once, made the past months a busy, intense and genuinely rewarding…
Improved braking distance with IWM presented at Chasis.Tech
Improved braking distance with IWM Conventional ABS is limited by hydraulic bandwidth. In-wheel systems change that boundary. At Chassis.tech, Tomaž Kompara presented our Reactive Dual-Stage ABS work: a braking architecture…
Elaphe at Dritev 2026
Elaphe at Dritev 2026 Proud to have our Product Manager, Jurij Kern, present Elaphe’s Sonic X platform at Dritev 2026 in Baden-Baden last week. Performance vehicles are entering a…
Roberto Fedeli, welcome!
When you are building a product for the highest levels of performance automotive, the people who understand that world best matter. That is why we are honoured to welcome Roberto…
Advisory board update: Thank you Rainer!
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach is stepping down from his role as Chair of Elaphe’s Advisory Board due to personal reasons. Rainer brought an exceptional combination of automotive, software, electronics, and business…
Sonic X Samples In Production
Sonic X Samples In Production Elaphe has reached a key milestone in Sonic X in-wheel platform development: production samples are complete and first units are scheduled for customer delivery in…
Winter testing 2026: lookback
Another Winter testing season is successfully behind us, and once again it proved why winter testing remains one of our most important milestones of the year. Over the past weeks…
Winter Testing 2026 – Time to see our work in action!
Winter Testing 2026 – Time to see our work in action! As promised, we are sharing the full details. This winter, Elaphe returns to Sweden for the 2026 winter tests.…
Season’s Greetings from Elaphe
Season’s Greetings from Elaphe As 2025 comes to an end, we’re reflecting on what drives us at Elaphe: advancing in-wheel electric propulsion and high-speed motion control to transform how we…
Save the Date: Elaphe Winter Testing 2026 in Sweden
Save the Date: Elaphe Winter Testing 2026 in Sweden We’re excited to announce that Winter Testing 2026 is coming up in Calendar Weeks 8–11, and we’re heading back to the…
Elaphe at ToSVE 2026
Why Direct-Drive In-Wheel Control Raises the Ceiling for EV Driving Experience This week, our CEO Gorazd Gotovac presented at the Towards the Sustainable Vehicle Era event hosted by Politecnico di…
Elaphe Sonic.1 Enters Final Testing — Deliveries on Track ⚡
Elaphe Sonic.1 Enters Final Testing — Deliveries on Track Elaphe’s Test Lab has been running full pace as the Sonic.1 high-performance in-wheel systems push through the final stages of validation…
Leadership Transition at Elaphe
Leadership Transition at Elaphe We are pleased to share important leadership updates at Elaphe. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach, our current CEO, will assume the role of Chairman of the Elaphe Board,…
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Show all news
Proud of the past, focused on the future
Proud of the past, focused on the future… This year marks two decades of Elaphe pioneering in-wheel technology. 🗣 To celebrate, we are bringing together the people who are part…
Sonic X samples are shipping!
Hello! Sonic X samples are shipping! Always a good moment to see Sonic X units heading out after all the work that goes into getting them there. Behind every…
Summer demo sessions complete!
Summer demo sessions complete! More than 10 dedicated demo sessions with OEM customers and investors, often with multiple teams joining at once, made the past months a busy, intense and genuinely rewarding…
Improved braking distance with IWM presented at Chasis.Tech
Improved braking distance with IWM Conventional ABS is limited by hydraulic bandwidth. In-wheel systems change that boundary. At Chassis.tech, Tomaž Kompara presented our Reactive Dual-Stage ABS work: a braking architecture…
Elaphe at Dritev 2026
Elaphe at Dritev 2026 Proud to have our Product Manager, Jurij Kern, present Elaphe’s Sonic X platform at Dritev 2026 in Baden-Baden last week. Performance vehicles are entering a…
Roberto Fedeli, welcome!
When you are building a product for the highest levels of performance automotive, the people who understand that world best matter. That is why we are honoured to welcome Roberto…
Advisory board update: Thank you Rainer!
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach is stepping down from his role as Chair of Elaphe’s Advisory Board due to personal reasons. Rainer brought an exceptional combination of automotive, software, electronics, and business…
Sonic X Samples In Production
Sonic X Samples In Production Elaphe has reached a key milestone in Sonic X in-wheel platform development: production samples are complete and first units are scheduled for customer delivery in…
Winter testing 2026: lookback
Another Winter testing season is successfully behind us, and once again it proved why winter testing remains one of our most important milestones of the year. Over the past weeks…
Winter Testing 2026 – Time to see our work in action!
Winter Testing 2026 – Time to see our work in action! As promised, we are sharing the full details. This winter, Elaphe returns to Sweden for the 2026 winter tests.…
Season’s Greetings from Elaphe
Season’s Greetings from Elaphe As 2025 comes to an end, we’re reflecting on what drives us at Elaphe: advancing in-wheel electric propulsion and high-speed motion control to transform how we…
Save the Date: Elaphe Winter Testing 2026 in Sweden
Save the Date: Elaphe Winter Testing 2026 in Sweden We’re excited to announce that Winter Testing 2026 is coming up in Calendar Weeks 8–11, and we’re heading back to the…
Elaphe at ToSVE 2026
Why Direct-Drive In-Wheel Control Raises the Ceiling for EV Driving Experience This week, our CEO Gorazd Gotovac presented at the Towards the Sustainable Vehicle Era event hosted by Politecnico di…
Elaphe Sonic.1 Enters Final Testing — Deliveries on Track ⚡
Elaphe Sonic.1 Enters Final Testing — Deliveries on Track Elaphe’s Test Lab has been running full pace as the Sonic.1 high-performance in-wheel systems push through the final stages of validation…
Leadership Transition at Elaphe
Leadership Transition at Elaphe We are pleased to share important leadership updates at Elaphe. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Kallenbach, our current CEO, will assume the role of Chairman of the Elaphe Board,…
Mentioned in media
A New World of EV Performance? Testing the Elaphe Hub-Motor Prototype on Ice in a Hyundai Ioniq 5
In-hub motors make this humble Hyundai a monster on ice
Elaphe Readies In-Wheel Motors for OEM EVs After 2030 – SAE
Here’s how in-wheel motors could cut EV cost, boost range 20% – Greencar reports
Forget Axles. This Startup Wants to Put the Entire EV Motor in the Wheel – Inside EVs
2000bhp EV super-truck uses radical in-wheel performance motors – Autocar
Mentioned in media
A New World of EV Performance? Testing the Elaphe Hub-Motor Prototype on Ice in a Hyundai Ioniq 5
In-hub motors make this humble Hyundai a monster on ice
Elaphe Readies In-Wheel Motors for OEM EVs After 2030 – SAE
Here’s how in-wheel motors could cut EV cost, boost range 20% – Greencar reports
Forget Axles. This Startup Wants to Put the Entire EV Motor in the Wheel – Inside EVs
2000bhp EV super-truck uses radical in-wheel performance motors – Autocar
Testimonials
It was a truly exceptional experience, not only to see, but to feel the excellence of the drive chain when driving an Elaphe-equipped vehicle. If one can even call it a ‘drive chain’, because with Elaphe there is no chain (i.e. gearbox). Every movement of the in-wheel electric motor is directly transformed into propulsion, with precise and immediate control. There is no delay, no torsion, no rubber compliance that needs to be overcome first — the vehicle responds instantly and exactly as intended.
Alf Henryk Wulf
What I clearly felt from Elaphe’s maturity level is that the value proposition of IWM technology goes far beyond traditional expectations, and could be deployed across a much broader segment of the electric mobility landscape.
Olivier Brosse
My key takeaway from this test drive with Elaphe is simple: immediate and unconditional CONTROL. (…) What I clearly felt from Elaphe’s maturity level is that the value proposition of IWM technology goes far beyond traditional expectations, and could be deployed across a much broader segment of the electric mobility landscape.
Rainer Kallenbach
Distributed drive is the natural next step for high-performance segment. As power levels rise, the challenge is no longer only generating performance, but controlling it with precision. What Elaphe is doing with Sonic is one of the most interesting approaches I have seen in this space, and I believe we will see it in performance series very soon.
Roberto Fedeli
It’s laugh-out-loud entertaining, and never difficult to handle.
Damian Harty
The enormous packaging freedom they create could allow designers to rethink vehicle proportions completely, bringing back genuinely low vehicles with excellent aerodynamics and Cx values that today would be extremely difficult to achieve with conventional EV architectures.