This New Electric Motor May Very Well Change The EV industry
There’s a relatively new electric motor that will soon rock the auto industry.
It’s not a radio motor that most electric vehicles (EVs) have today but instead the higher-end axial flux motor that Mercedes and Ferrari will soon be sporting across multiple models.
It’s smaller, lighter, and packs a whole lot more punch than the electric motors we typically see in common EVs right now. That’s especially helpful when the battery weighs hundreds of pounds.
Although this geometry has been used since the first electromagnetic motors were developed, its usage was rare until the widespread availability of strong permanent magnets and the development of brushless DC motors, which can better exploit its geometric advantages.
Scotty Kilmer explains why axial flux motors are so unique and how they’ll redefine the EV world.
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Alan Stewart
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What is even more relevant is its potential application in all electric motor needs. Regardless are still the major problems of battery weight, charging times and never to be solved sustainable technology. The manufacturer’s are pushing electric solely for subsidies to produce a more expensive product unaffordable to the masses.
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Carbon Bigfoot
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Where are you going to get your electric for charging? Europe will be unable to power the grid this winter.
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Allan Shelton
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The article start off saying a radio motor.
That s/b radial .
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Howdy
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Radio motor? Just what is one of those? New design?
I believe EVs use variable frequency 3 phase, or something similar. Here, this will reveal all:
https://circuitdigest.com/article/different-types-of-motors-used-in-electric-vehicles-ev
Axial flux is simply a ‘pancake’ motor as used over a decade ago in Video cassette recorders, old computer floppy drives and others. Wider than it is thick, hence the name, It’s nothing new. In fact, rather dated.
Have a look on Wikipedia at one that was in millions of homes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_flux_motor
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JaKo
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Hi Howdy,
Possible electric motors in this sense are whether Radial Flux, Axial Flux or Transverse Flux motors. I wouldn’t bother checking Wikipaedia — there are better sources of “clean information” such as this one:
Horizon Technology
Cheers, JaKo
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Howdy
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Flux type makes no difference Jako, It’s old tech made to look like breakthrough discovery.
I included the Wikipedia page purely for the image, which resonated with my words.
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Howdy
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I include a description of ‘transverse flux’ motor:
https://www.horizontechnology.biz/blog/electric-motor-design-radial-vs.-axial-transverse-flux
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T. C. Clark
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I just saw a video about taking a lithium battery apart (warning against doing this) and putting the lithium in water and watching it become ablaze. I also saw a video about how non recyclable lithium batteries are – it appears that lithium batteries will not be recycled. If I was CEO of a car company, I would have a new electric division separate from the IC conventional vehicle company….I would not destroy the IC business because it will be needed in the future.
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VOWG
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Still needs a battery and will still have limited range and therefore limited value.
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