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AWD models have an independent electric motor on the rear axle, for on-demand all-wheel drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

An obvious solution to that was to recover from the front axle as well as the rear.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Hence the decision to go for a nominal 50-50 split between electric and internal combustion power and an engine with no MGU-H and a much more powerful MGU-K, recovering from the rear axle only.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Roger North’s notebook entry showing his drawing of a two-cylinder steam engine and the rack-and-pinion mechanism by which the pistons turn an axle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Unionized workers at Dauch Corp. in Three Rivers, Mich., went on strike, halting the supply of axles for General Motors’ pickup trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The Opel Blitz was stuck fast in the deep gravel bed, almost up to its axles.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Apart from that, the driveline is status quo ante, pretty much, with the logic-controlled mechanical center differential splitting torque between front and rear axles, in ratios determined by acceleration, deceleration, demand and available traction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

But we had a million pieces: bolts, screws, wheels, axles, brakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

There are axles lying about, and hubcaps, and a few spare tires.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides