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DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. R3: Recycled portion of purchased raw material, including materials recovered or generated by other industries.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed smartphone-EV pairing-based performance adjustment technology which allows users to customize primary functions through a smartphone application—an industry-first innovation. —research fellow JeongSoo Eo from Hyundai Motor Group.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Wright Electric has begun testing its 2 MW (~2,700 horsepower) motor for electric and hydrogen aircraft. It’s the largest propulsive aerospace motor in existence to the company’s knowledge—about 2x larger than other propulsive motors in testing. Wright 2MW Aerospace Motor (with Coke can for size reference).

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Motors Motoring Motor Emissions 435

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JULY 6, 2022

The automotive supplier MAHLE has developed what it says is the most durable electric motor available: the superior continuous torque (SCT) E-motor. The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. Building large electric motors that deliver short-term high performance is easy.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

The American Bus Association (ABA) has released motorcoach industry closure data gathered from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). I do not know of any other transportation industry impacted as severely by this pandemic as the motorcoach industry.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

VIA Motors, a provider of electric drive technology and sustainable mobility solutions for a wide variety of Class 2 – 5 electric commercial vehicles applications, has received a purchase order for 2,000 Class 3 VIA electric cutaway chassis cabs from Pegasus Specialty Vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Infinitum, creator of the air-core motor ( earlier post ), secured $30 million in additional growth capital from Riverstone Holdings Latin America, Alliance Resource Partners, Caterpillar Venture Capital and Cottonwood Technology Fund. Infinitum motor components can be reused, allowing them to stay in service for decades.

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Motor Motors Motoring Mexico 199

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APRIL 5, 2022

Protean Electric, a leader of in-wheel motor (IWM) technology for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and future transport solutions, announced a new partnership between Dongfeng Motor Corporation Technical Center and Protean’s joint venture in China, Wuxi Weifu Electric Drive Technology (WFDT).

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Motor Motors Motoring United Kingdom 259

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Atlis Motor Vehicles (Atlis), a vertically integrated start-up EV company developing an electric work truck and the batteries and motors to drive it, signed a collaborative agreement with ArcelorMittal, the leading producer of automotive steels, to help speed its product development. —Mark Hanchett, CEO of Atlis Motor Vehicles.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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MAY 18, 2022

Infinitum Electric , creator of the air-core motor ( earlier post ), announced $80 million in Series D funding to scale motor production to meet increasing demand. Other current shareholders include industry leaders Rockwell Automation and Caterpillar Venture Capital.

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Motor Motors Motoring Commercial 221

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Toshiba Corporation has developed a new magnetic material with characteristics that deliver major improvements in motor efficiency at minimum cost, and with the potential to win significant reductions in power consumption. Motors account for approximately half of the world’s electric power consumption. pt across all motors.).

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Conversion Motors Motoring Motor 488

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AUGUST 19, 2021

ExOne and Maxxwell Motors have successfully binder jet 3D printed a high-efficiency copper e-winding design for an electric motor without rare-earth magnets. ExOne and Maxxwell Motors have successfully binder jet 3D printed a high-efficiency copper e-winding design for an electric motor without rare-earth magnets.

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Wind Motor Motors Motoring 259

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APRIL 7, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has become a direct shareholder in EODev ( Energy Observer Developments ). EODev—along with its partners—is positioning itself as a leading European designer, assembler and distributor zero-emission energy systems on an industrial scale. Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Toyota Europe Motor 532

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Yamaha Motor has begun accepting orders for a high-performance electric motor prototype that is capable of delivering industry-leading high power density for automobiles and other types of vehicles. Sample dual-motor package. 35kW prototype unit under development.

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Motors Motoring Motor Motorcycles 307

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in the mobile robot firm Boston Dynamics from Softbank in a deal that values Boston Dynamics at $1.1 The deal came as Hyundai Motor Group envisions the transformation of human life by combining world-leading robotics technologies with its mobility expertise. Hyundai Mobis Co.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group and SK Innovation Co. The two parties announced their plan to cooperate in diverse business areas related to the EV battery industry, including battery sales solutions, battery management service and battery reuse and recycling. —Youngcho Chi, President and Chief Innovation Officer of Hyundai Motor Group.

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JULY 6, 2022

The Renault Group inaugurated the new “ePT-160kW” electric motor production line at its plant in Cléon. Renault Group has invested €620 million since 2018 at the Cléon site to industrialize the group’s motors for 100% electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Motors Motoring Motor Production 259

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Since 2017, Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH has been working with Aumann AG as part of the larger EU program “ Fit-4-AMandA ” (Fit for Automatic Manufacturing and Assembly) on hydrogen fuel cell stack production with financing from the agency FCH JU (Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking). Fit-4-AMandA “stack robot”.

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Hydrogen Fuel Motors Motoring 459

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) will invest an additional $2 billion in their battery cell manufacturing joint venture (JV) at the Metaplant in Bryan County, raising the JV’s total investment value to more than $4.3 In fiscal year 2023, job creation in the automotive industry increased by 324% when compared to FY21.

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MARCH 22, 2023

DeepDrive has developed a cost- and resource-efficient dual-rotor motor, extending the range of electric vehicles. The company is also backed by automotive industry veteran Dr. Peter Mertens. Exploded in-wheel drive configuration of DeepDrive dual-rotor motor.

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BMW Motors Motoring Motor 259

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JUNE 14, 2022

This is due to the high efficiency of these electric motors in city traffic or at medium ranges. Permanent magnets based on rare earths are installed in the rotor of PSM motors. The company has many years of field experience with this technology and thus has a certain head start in development and industrialization.

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Motor Motors Motoring Future 370

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AUGUST 15, 2023

The SAKOR units can be used test from two to eight pole motors ranging from 10 watts to more than 3 megawatts. As part of the global effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions, regulators are developing energy efficiency standards for the billions of small, medium, and large electric motors used around the world.

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Standards International Motors Motoring 195

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nidec Corporation’s Board of Directors approved a resolution to acquire the shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., After completion of the acquisition, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool will become Nidec-Shimpo’s third main business.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

The company will start with an allocation of production that is distributed between itself and several Tier One sub-contractors in order to expedite the manufacturing ramp rate and delivery of motors to early customers. Linear Labs is expecting to manufacture and deliver at least 100,000 M200 motors by the end of 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

YASA spin-out Evolito , a new company developing and manufacturing direct- and indirect-drive electric motors and power electronics for aerospace applications, launched publicly as a privately-owned business. Evolito presently offers the YASA P400 & YASA 750 motors, but is expanding its range with new direct-drive and indirect-drive motors.

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APRIL 30, 2021

the developer of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) and diesel DSF cylinder deactivation technology for combustion engines, reported at the International Vienna Motor Symposium that its product Dynamic Motor Drive (DMD) ( earlier post ) mitigates efficiency losses of electric motors while significantly reducing reliance on rare-earth materials.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

The lithium industry needs to invest $116 billion by 2030 if the world is to meet the ambitions targets set by governments and the largest automakers, according to a Benchmark analysis. General Motors and Mercedes-Benz aim to produce only electric vehicles by 2035 and 2030, respectively.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

Consortium leader Schaeffler, along with with 17 partners (automotive and industrial supplier) has launched the AgiloDrive2 research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). —Thomas Pfund, President of the E-Motors Business Unit at Schaeffler. Earlier post.).

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Motor Motors Motoring Production 243

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new material that can be scaled for use in ultra-efficient, power-dense electric vehicle traction motors. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL. —Li et al.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Bosch , the world’s largest auto parts supplier, announced Tuesday it will be extending its electric vehicle offerings with a new electric motor expansion at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility. The post Bosch dives deeper into the EV industry with +$260M electric motor expansion appeared first on Electrek.

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South Carolina Industrial Industry Motors 94

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

ams, a global supplier of high performance sensor solutions, introduced the AS5715 : the first inductive position sensor for high-speed, automotive and industrial electric motors to be available as a standard product on the open market. IHS forecasts the overall market for electric motors (including traction motors) to grow at 8.3%

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

In continuation of their joint research for a next-generation small aircraft, as announced June last year, Yamaha Motor and ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. conducted an early-stage test flight of a prototype small aircraft at the Fujikawa Gliding Field in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on 21 September.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

At the upcoming IAA Transportation trade fair in Hanover, Germany, MAHLE will premiere its new SCT electric motor (Superior Continuous Torque), which provides extremely high continuous power and is therefore especially suited to commercial vehicles. Earlier post.). The focus is on the overall drive and thermal management systems.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

Among the countless challenges of decarbonizing transportation, one of the most compelling involves electric motors. More than a few of them are at ZF Friedrichshafen AG , one of the world’s largest suppliers of parts to the automotive industry. The comany has not yet revealed its motor’s specific power—its kW/kg rating.)

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Motor Motors Motoring Supplies 137

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MAY 31, 2023

Daimler Truck Holding AG, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), Hino Motors Ltd. Hino) and Toyota Motor Corporation concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on accelerating the development of advanced technologies and merging MFTBC and Hino.

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JULY 12, 2021

Enedym, a switched reluctance motor (SRM) spinout from McMaster University, closed a $15-million financing round from an international group of strategic investors within the US, Canada, Europe, and India, including P&A Paletta Giving Inc., Enedym Switched Reluctance Motors (SRMs) remove the need for these costly magnets.

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