“Bodyless” batteries, integrated into the frame
It is known, the battery weight is one of the big burdens that hinders electric cars’ performances. Concerning this, the new frontier of the sector is the structural battery, a solution that might share...
Next generation electric drivetrains for fully electric vehicles
The three EU-funded projects “ModulED”, “Drivemode” and “ReFreeDrive” will present their final project results in a joint workshop virtual event (to be taken on 16 april 2021 from 10:00 to 12:00).
The EU-funded projects will...
CITraMS for transport and sustainable mobility
The topic of sustainable mobility has become a heritage of the sensitivity acquired in recent times by public opinion and is almost unanimously considered central to the processes of territorial and especially urban development.
Complexity...
The patent of electrostatic motors
For this piece of news, we move to the United States, in Massachusetts, where Draper company is accomplishing a great change in the world of electric motors through the introduction of electrostatic motors.
They are...
UK project for electric aircrafts
New resources join the biennial project of the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and Innovate UK known as InCEPTion, Integrated Flight Control, Energy Storage and Propulsion Technologies for Electric Aviation.
The English Drive System Design has...
Here is the study to extract magnets from electronic waste
The prestigious Bentley Motors brand aims at more sustainable electric motors and, concerning this, it has announced a specific triennial technological study. It is called RaRE (Rare-earth Recycling for E-machines) and will be based...
Man can fly. Here is the wingsuit with electric motor
The first test of a revolutionary wingsuit, which allows man “to fly” has been recently held in Austria. How? Thanks to a 15 kW electric motor that powers two 7.5 kW 25,000 rpm turbines.
The...
Here is the hybrid tractor for agriculture
It is called REX4 Electra the hybrid tractor by Landini brand, trademark of Argo Tractors Spa company, multinational of Argo industrial Group headquartered at Fabbrico, in Reggio Emilia province.
The vehicle, intended for crossing fruit...
Volvo invests in a new laboratory in Shanghai
To design and to manufacture in-house electric motors for the next car generation, Volvo Cars has inaugurated in Shanghai, in China, a new laboratory precisely dedicated to electric propulsion systems. This structure, in operation...
Electric Motors Efficiency needs better copper
A new manufacturing process yields highest conductivity copper composites at bulk scale. This is a discovery of researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL): they have increased the conductivity of copper wire by about...