The aero-taxi by AutoFlight has passed the first transition test
Great success for the first recent transition flight test of Prosperity aero-taxi with vertical take-off by the Chinese company AutoFlight, which has risen to an altitude of 150 metres, reaching a maximum speed of...
Testing facilities: innovation in UK
MAHLE Powertrain has announced the completion of two new facilities in Northampton, the result of a £15m (US$18m) investment over the last five years.
The purpose-built facilities allow MAHLE Powertrain to support customers with the...
Vitesco stakes on synchronous electric motors with external excitation
Great technological novelties: Vitesco Technologies has presented its new electric synchronous motor with external excitation, which does not need the use of expensive metals or rare earths. The unit was designed to ensure high...
Schaeffler: 4in1 electric axle
Schaeffler is simultaneously launching several new electric axle drives. «Electric axles are a key element of our electric mobility strategy», said Matthias Zink, CEO Automotive Technologies at Schaeffler AG. Until now, up to three...
The role of the electric motor in the district heating
Among its proposals, Nidec can boast the three-phase motors for normal applications IMfinity® platform, with IE3 - IE4 efficiency class, systematically fitted with a second nameplate giving all the necessary information to set up...
E-motors India: here is the TSRF technology
Let us move to India to understand what is boiling in the pot in the electric manufacturing of a Country that is proving a higher turmoil than what expected. Badve Engineering company, a Tier-1...
Industrial energy saving opportunities for motor-driven systems
Upgrading to energy efficient technology is one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to lower energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Across the world’s 300 million industrial motor-driven systems, there is potential...
Metals to make electric motors. What future?
According to a study published by the Belgian University KU Leuven and commissioned by the European association of non-ferrous metal manufacturers Eurometaux, the transition towards sustainability will need 33% of aluminium more by 2050...
Verge TS, here is the electric motorbike with the motor in the wheel
The TS electric motorbike produced by the Finnish Verge Motorcycles has a feature that distinguishes it from all other existing motorbikes: it is hubless. The motor, in fact, is the wheel: magnets are in...
The PCB stator for the axial flux motor
While at the beginning it was not welcomed with great enthusiasm, today the idea of replacing an iron stator with a light PCB one is achieving a new prospect. Lightening the stator means attaining...