Electric Motor Design & Manufacturing Articles

Charged EVs | A new solution for flame-retardant tapes in EVs and energy storage applications: CleanTape® FR (Webinar)

As EV adoption accelerates, battery safety is more important than ever. In this presentation, we introduce Mactac CleanTape® FR, a portfolio of non-halogenated flame-retardant adhesive tapes designed to help manufacturers improve battery pack safety while...

Charged EVs | YASA to develop two axial flux motor designs with less or no rare earth

YASA will develop two axial flux motor designs that reduce or eliminate rare-earth magnet content, under a UK government-funded program called Project Resilience. The grant comes through the DRIVE35 Demonstrate competition, and the work will be delivered from...

Charged EVs | Lowering iron loss in EV motors: new model maps how maze-like magnetic domains reverse in soft magnets

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed a computational model that can trace how intricate “maze domain” structures in soft magnetic materials reverse their magnetization—and identify the energy barriers that drive that process. The goal is to...

Charged EVs | Fraunhofer IZM’s novel SiC inverter hits 99% efficiency in a 1-liter package for 800 V EV drives

Fraunhofer IZM has developed a 500-kW inverter that fits in a volume of 1 liter—500 kVA per liter—with peak efficiency exceeding 99%. The unit was built for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and is designed for 800 V DC drives, delivering 500 A RMS per phase with an...