Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor
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Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor
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#3Ah, another fantastic British innovator (YASA) having to realize its potential (and ultimately the downstream economic benefits of commercialisation) abroad.
Brought to you by the only country to have a space programme and abandon it.
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#4It would have been awesome if that article had, at any point, explained what an electric axial flux motor was, and why anyone might want one.
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#5It would have been awesome if that article had, at any point, explained what an electric axial flux motor was, and why anyone might want one.
Here's a good video on it from my watch history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCO633KE7RA
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#6I remember when YASA announced it and when MB bought them. Amazing technology and advancement in electric motor design. Good to see they somehow try to commercialize it.
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#7It would have been awesome if that article had, at any point, explained what an electric axial flux motor was, and why anyone might want one.
“What“ might be a long answer, but why anyone might want one is to have increased torque density for the given volume and diameter. So they are thin motors where the generated flux is parallel to the shaft. And they are like the standard PMSMs where you apply the same driving algorithm from the inverter side to use them.
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#8Ah, another fantastic British innovator (YASA) having to realize its potential (and ultimately the downstream economic benefits of commercialisation) abroad. Brought to you by the only country to have a space programme and abandon it.
Did they have to? My impression is British companies sell out as soon as they can these days. Is this something that could be changed with policy? Does Germany incentivise running companies more? Or is this cultural, e.g. British people are more risk averse?
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#9It would have been awesome if that article had, at any point, explained what an electric axial flux motor was, and why anyone might want one.
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#10Never become dependent on doing hideously complicated things. You will eventually struggle to choose to do something more efficient, as the european auto industry is currently displaying. The car where thid motor will be used will, given current market sentiment, be a massive flop. Here they are showing off how complex the manufacturing process is. Surely we’d all be better off with simpler and cheaper processes.