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...
Additive manufacturing, windings in DC motors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle LLC for the US Department of Energy, has recently released the news of its research into applying additive manufacturing to replace windings in DC motors.
The basic question...
A new series of fully integrated electric axles
It is called eGen Power™ and is designed to fit between the wheels of medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses, replacing the vehicle’s traditional powertrain.
We are speaking of the new series of fully integrated...
e-truck, the direction of Man giant
Among the most challenging matches in the sustainability championship there is undoubtedly the one concerning heavy vehicles’ emissions.
This direction is pursued by the maker Man Truck & Bus: “The Future starts now - We...