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EVR Motors partners with EKA Mobility to provide advanced lightweight electric motors for e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles in India

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Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. EVR will support the setup of EKA’s assembly line.

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Hitachi Metals shows its ferrite magnet motors can match performance of neodymium traction motors

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Hitachi Metals has verified in simulations that by optimizing the design of motors that use its high-performance ferrite magnet NMF 15 (hereinafter “ferrite magnet motors” earlier post ), they are able to achieve the same level of output as traction motors for xEV that use neodymium magnets.

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MAHLE says it has developed the most durable electric motor; new cooling concept

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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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Volvo Cars introduces new single-motor C40 Recharge variant

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The company also unveiled a single electric motor variant of the pure electric C40 Recharge. The new front-wheel drive single-motor C40 expands the company’s range of fully electric variants to four, further paving the way towards its ambition of selling only fully electric cars by 2030. C40 Recharge.

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Proterial prototypes 100 kW motor using ferrite magnets

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Proterial (formerly Hitachi Metals, earlier post ) announced that by optimizing the design of a motor that uses proprietary high-performance ferrite magnet NMF-15 (ferrite magnet motor), it is possible to obtain the same level of output as an xEV drive motor that uses neodymium magnets. Rotor with ferrite magnets.

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Canoo delivers electric Light Tactical Vehicle to Army for analysis & demonstration

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Canoo delivered its new Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) to the United States Army for Analysis & Demonstration in fulfillment of the $67,500 contract awarded in July 2022. Comply with Federal Motor Safety Standards (FMVSS) 209. The Light Tactical Vehicle can be converted from a pickup to a flatbed truck, a cargo vehicle and more.

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BMW unveils latest design concept BMW Vision Neue Klasse

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With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. The Vision Vehicle will be unveiled for the first time in public at the IAA Mobility 2023 International Motor Show in Munich.

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