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Volkswagen Designs New Drive for All-Electric Family with More Powerful Magnets in Rotor

June 20, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Volkswagen Designs New Drive for All-Electric Family with More Powerful Magnets in Rotor

Volkswagen has designed a new generation of drive systems for its all-electric ID. family of automobiles that boosts the power and torque, providing longer-range performance. Among the key elements are more powerful magnets in the rotor, specialized electrical sheets and advancements in the manufacturing process. Produced at the company’s group components plant in Kassel, Germany, the new drives will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this year. […]

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Faulhaber Drives for Speed & Precision in Intralogistics 

June 5, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Faulhaber Drives for Speed & Precision in Intralogistics 

Competitive intralogistics requires extensive automation, something that is inconceivable without micromotors. Drive systems from Faulhaber, equipped with neodymium magnet DC motors and magnetic incremental encoders, prove their ability to perform during sorting, transporting and with robotics. […]

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SKF and Wolong Expand Magnetic Bearing & Levitation Motors Businesses 

May 22, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on SKF and Wolong Expand Magnetic Bearing & Levitation Motors Businesses 

SKF and Wolong Electric Group are expanding their lines of business in the growing market for magnetic bearings and high-speed levitation motors. SKF is opening a new plant in Morocco to ramp up production of its magnetic bearings and, jointly, the two companies are cooperating to apply the bearings to more high-speed motor and drive products.  […]

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Gamma Technologies Builds e-Machine Software Portfolio with FEMAG and PowerForge Acquisitions 

March 14, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Gamma Technologies Builds e-Machine Software Portfolio with FEMAG and PowerForge Acquisitions 

With its acquisition of FEMAG in Switzerland and earlier purchase of PowerForge, software company Gamma Technologies has been significantly bolstering its portfolio of multi-physics simulation capabilities for the design of electric machines, fuel cell systems […]

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Stellantis Plans $155 Million Investment in 3 Indiana Plants to Support North American Electrification Goals 

February 28, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Stellantis Plans $155 Million Investment in 3 Indiana Plants to Support North American Electrification Goals 

Stellantis announced today from its headquarters in Amsterdam that it will invest a total of $155 million in three Kokomo, Indiana, plants to produce new electric drive modules that will help power future electric vehicles assembled in North America and support the goal of 50% battery electric sales in the U.S. by 2030.  […]

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Cummins Acquires Siemens e-Drives Business for Commercial Vehicles 

December 19, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Cummins Acquires Siemens e-Drives Business for Commercial Vehicles 

Through its new subsidiary Meritor, Cummins has acquired Siemens’ Commercial Vehicles business, a global supplier of high-performance electric drive systems for commercial vehicles. The purchase  

brings key capabilities in direct drive and transmission-based remote mount electric motors, inverters, software and related services for electric powertrains, says Cummins.  […]