Electric vehicles are heavy, but have you heard they’re fast, too? Automakers are barking up the wrong tree when it comes to what enthusiasts want. Lightweight electric roadsters and sports cars just ...

Tesla was first to patent a primitive axial-flux electric motor—Nikola Tesla, that is, way back in 1889. It would be 126 years before the concept found its way to a car, the 1,500-horsepower (1,103 ...

At first glance, it looks like something you’d find inside a washing machine. Flat, round, and small enough to hold in one hand, this silver disk isn’t what most people imagine when they think of a ...

Compact axial-flux electric motors are poised to be the next big thing in EV propulsion. These devices are commonly called "pancake" motors because they are flat, thin, and circular, like a pancake or ...

Mercedes-Benz recently acquired British axial flux motor designer YASA. The company’s high-performance motor technology was on full display in the automaker’s new Vision One-Eleven electric vehicle ...

To visualize a radial flux motor, think of two iron cylinders. One is fitted with magnets set around its outside and an axle running through its center (the rotor). Surrounding this cylinder is a ...

Last year YASA, a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary “axial-flux” motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz to develop ultra-high-performance electric motors for Mercedes’s AMG.EA electric ...

Insights from the Desert Challenge are influencing the Turntide Axial Flux EDU, designed to simplify integration and accelerate deployment across off-highway applications, including high-performance ...

Electric motors are the beating heart of any electric vehicle, and thanks to a startup in Belgium, your next EV’s motor could be stronger, smaller and more efficient. Magnax is hard at work developing ...

In the NAFTech research project, scientists are developing an electric motor without magnets. Their proprietary design aims ...