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axle

[ak-suhl] / ˈæk səl /


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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

The plant also makes axle tubes that ultimately end up in light-duty Silverados and Sierras.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 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

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

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

The axle of his empty wagon complained, as it did when there was no weight to quiet it.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The plant’s axles also go into GM’s midsize trucks, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, and it makes an axle component for the company’s light-duty Silverado and Sierra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

GM is trying to increase production of its heavy-duty Silverados and Sierras just as the workers who make the axles for those trucks are going on strike.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

The engine roar, so critical to Ferraris, can be provided by what the company calls an “external amplification system” that pumps the natural sound of the electric axles out to the street.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

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

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

The axles of the cart were greased with the fat of dead animals.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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