The increasing importance of energy efficiency has brought electric motor makers to promote a variety of schemes that improve motor performance. Unfortunately the terminology associated with motor ...

When was the last time you stopped to think about how electric cars actually work? We superfans of the car biz have mostly developed a reasonable understanding of how combustion powertrains work. Most ...

In machine systems where a rotor spins within a finite clearance space supported by bearings, contact between the rotor and its surround can result in persistent coupled vibration of the rotor and ...

American powertrain supplier BorgWarner has started production of e-motor rotor and stator for XPeng Motors, a leading Chinese Smart EV company. The components will be used on the X9 MPV as well as ...

Swedish boutique super/hyper/mega-car manufacturer Koenigsegg is at it again, adding to the automotive technology lexicon with its new Dark Matter "Raxial Flux" electric motor, boasting full ...

Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 1). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also ...