An FCA patent application shows how future EVs could leverage hardware they already carry to make an onboard winch lighter ...

Not too long ago, Jeep announced they’d be producing an all-electric Wrangler that’s just as capable, but much more efficient, and green. To add more fuel to the fire (not a gas fire, though), ...

This new patent details an integrated winch that sources its power directly from the high-voltage battery and electric drive motors already present in an EV. That patent does not specifically ...

PTO-driven winches were sometimes fitted. But for many reasons, including that they’d work even if the engine was off, electric winches became popular, and the PTO winch is more of a nostalgic ...

The patent specifically refers to an integrated winch system powered by the high-voltage battery system and an electric drive motor already in the EV. The approved design could foreshadow available ...