The #Mercedes #AMG #GT XX is a very good looking concept car with interesting technology.

https://www.mercedes-amg.com/de/concept-amg-gt-xx

Mercedes claims that they want to have the #axialflux motors ready for mass production by 2026.

#MunroLive explains what axial flux motors are here:
https://youtu.be/dCO633KE7RA?si=np6S92UEKZWVD80c

#cars #ev

An Innovative #EVMotor Used by #Lamborghini, #McLaren, and #Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by #Mercedes

Compared to the usual EV power plants, #AxialFlux motors are smaller and lighter, and have more torque. But they're hard to make at scale. Now Mercedes is bringing them to the masses.

https://www.wired.com/story/yasa-motors-mercedes-axial-flux-2024/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_5590bb1a-8a59-4f70-865c-73ce0951c277_popular4-1

“The advantages of axial flux motors are obvious when you see one…. It's similar in diameter to the Tesla motor…, but…around one-sixth the length, a quarter of the weight at 12 kgs, and a quarter more powerful at 250 horsepower. It's a neat, resolved piece of engineering, and it makes the Tesla motor look like a science fair project with its messy, wasteful copper end-windings, hand-tied with Kevlar string bulging out of the stator.”

#EV #Tesla #AxialFlux

https://www.wired.com/story/yasa-motors-mercedes-axial-flux-2024/?utm_source=press.coop

Following advice for newcomers on ways to make connections I'm listing a bunch of hashtags that interest me so they are searchable.

Apparently hashtags are used way more often here than on the old #birdsite

Add the hashtag #introduction to the post.

#wilding #nature #trees

#IrishLanguage #gaeilge

#renewables #diyWindTurbines #HughPiggottTurbine #AxialFlux

#Drascombe #Sailing #OldGaffers

#StoryTelling #ClassicHymer
#LandscapePhotography
#MacroPhotography
#Drawing #HillWalking #Camping

Axial Flux Motors for Electric Vehicles

In the everything old is new again folder, [Lesics] has a good overview of axial flux motors. These are promising for electric vehicles, especially aircraft, since the motors should have high torque to weight ratio. The reason this is actually something old is that the early generators built by Faraday were actually of the axial flux type. Soon, though, radial flux generators and motors became the norm.

The simple explanation is that in a radial system, the magnetic flux lines are perpendicular to the axis of rotation. In the axial system, the flux lines are parallel to the axis of rotation. There's more to it than just that of course, and the video below has nice animations showing how it all works.

While these are not very common, they do exist even today. The Lynch motor, for example, is a type of axial flux motor that dates back to 1979. Usually, the impetus for using an axial flux motor is the ease of construction, but with the right design, they can be quite efficient (up to 96% according to the video).

We've seen plenty of PCB motors and most of those are axial in design. Not all of them, though.

#transportationhacks #axialflux #axialfluxmotor #electricvehicle #ev #motor