It looks as though the next step in electrified powertrains has been taken which could see the cost of producing EV’s come down significantly. The next generation Mahle electric motor is environmentally friendly to produce, comparably cheaper than conventional motors and maintenance free.
Maintenance free, 95% more efficient and it uses no rare metals? Sounds too good to be true but Mahle are confident this scalable tech is the future of EVs.
Electric vehicles are still theoretically in their modern day mass-scale infancy but seem to be the future since countries are banning the use of ICEs one by one. Last year, Mahle revealed that they had developed a new generation electric motor which could revolutionise the EV industry along with solid-state batteries which we can expect in the near future.
It’s contactless operation means that the motor is wear free and therefore maintenance free while magnetic coils replace permanent magnets which in traditional EVs are typically made of neodymium-boron-iron, samarium-cobalt or ferrite.
These materials are labour and resource intensive to mine and have a detrimental effect on localised ecosystems and the carbon footprint of the product. Michael Frick, Chairman of the MAHLE Management Board states that: “With our new electric motor, we’re living up to our responsibility as a sustainably operating company,” which affirms the German company’s future commitments to the automotive industry.
Developed under state-of-the-art conditions at the Mahle facility, the next generation electric motor should be a step in the right direction for EVs.
In addition to environmental benefits, the electric motor is stated by Frick to be as much as 95% more efficient in all operating points, something that has only been achieved within Formula E race car electric motors thus far.
The revolutionary design can also be scaled for subcompact applications as well as commercial vehicles which bodes well for the concern that the electric vehicle industry will soon require unattainable amounts of raw materials to keep up with mandated demands by global governments.
Almost a year later and there are yet to be any further developments for the next-generation motor but it heralds a future which steps into a truly sustainable direction for EVs.
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