It’s great reading about innovation’s like the ones in this article. Mercedes acquired YASA motors, but have been slow to roll out EV with those motors. I think YASA has been more focused on eVTOL’s so I’m excited to read that there’s another option working with BMW.
https://newatlas.com/deepdrive-dual-rotor-e-motor/
I really want someone to adapt the Radial Flux design to a hub motor small enough for Bikes. I love e-bikes and finding ways to decrease the weight and increase the range on those machines will only increase adoption as well. It’s probably cost prohibitive at the moment, but again, as soon as we can mass produce these designs, things are really going to take off.
Radial flux motors are the future of EV’s and I can’t wait for them to become mass produced.
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> DeepDrive to expect a 20 percent efficiency boost over today’s electric motor technologies
Current electric motors are between 80 and 95% efficiency. So that “boost” seems almost impossible.
Most electric motors are radial flux, this one is just formatted a bit differently. Axial Flux, which I imagine you’re referring to, are absolutely poised to shake up a lot of electric motor applications, not just EVs. That and Linear Servos.
This is the first time I’ve seen a radial flux motor in a form factor that actually allows hub mounting, which is the part of these developments that actually matters. Many EV supercars already use Dual Rotor Axial Flux rear wheel assists or main drives, and there are already off-roading EVs with 4 hub mounted Axial Flux motors.