This tiny petrol engine is designed to fit in electric cars

Horse’s four-pot hybrid units fit in a BEV’s front motor compartment

Fifteen months after revealing its plans for ‘off-the-shelf’ range-extender and hybrid powertrains, Horse Powertrain unveiled its Future Hybrid Powertrain solution earlier this year.
Available from 2027, the “all-in-one” powertrain is aimed at enabling a vehicle manufacturer to easily convert a BEV platform to a hybrid by replacing a front-mounted BEV drive motor and transmission with a hybrid unit.
Two different versions are available: the 740mm wide Performance, which incorporates two electric motors one on the engine output shaft and another on the transmission output shaft; and the 650mm wide Ultra-Compact, which has an electric motor between the engine and transmission.
Horse is also looking at a three-cylinder version, which cuts 70mm from the total width of the unit compared with the new four-cylinder set-up.
The Performance and Ultra-Compact form part of Horse Powertrain’s X-Range family, which the firm ca