Mahle develops low cost EV motor and new battery

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Mahle (Germany) has introduced an induction based EV motor that has no rare earth metals and no magnets. That reduces the cost considerably while maintaining high efficiency. They also introduced a lithium/carbon battery that is said to be able to take on a full charge in 90 seconds. It will be interesting to see what companies start employing this technology.

Mahle's cheap, highly efficient new EV motor uses no magnets

Magnets, typically using rare earth metals like neodymium, are found at the heart of most electric vehicle motors. It's nice to have a permanent source of powerful rare earth magnetism in your rotor, because using powered coils instead means you have to somehow transfer electricity from the battery…

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Lithium-carbon battery lets electric mopeds recharge in 90 seconds

German outfit Mahle has teamed up with battery-maker Allotrope Energy to put forward a new fast-charging solution for electric vehicles. The duo's novel lithium-carbon battery borrows elements from the world of supercapacitors to deliver charge times that are on par with the refueling process for…

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Many EVs on the road today use AC motors, like the Model S. Its a balance between efficiency and cost. Model 3's use a DC motor.

EV Motors: What Motors Are Used in Electric Vehicles?

Some time in the not-too-distant future, petrol-powered internal-combustion engines (ICE) will be something you’re more likely to find in a museum than an actual car, giving future-folk the chance to tut-tut and marvel in disbelief at how incredibly crude and environmentally unfriendly the past was.

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As for the battery tech? Yawn. EVERYONE is working on lower Cobalt lithium batteries and higher charging speeds. They made a Co free battery that charges really fast? Great, why are they only scaling it for mopeds?

 

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Many EVs on the road today use AC motors, like the Model S. Its a balance between efficiency and cost. Model 3's use a DC motor.

EV Motors: What Motors Are Used in Electric Vehicles?

Some time in the not-too-distant future, petrol-powered internal-combustion engines (ICE) will be something you’re more likely to find in a museum than an actual car, giving future-folk the chance to tut-tut and marvel in disbelief at how incredibly crude and environmentally unfriendly the past was.

www.carsguide.com.au

As for the battery tech? Yawn. EVERYONE is working on lower Cobalt lithium batteries and higher charging speeds. They made a Co free battery that charges really fast? Great, why are they only scaling it for mopeds?

I don't know if Mahle has the capacity for producing batteries on the scale needed for cars. This could be a way of getting the ROI needed to really scale up while also getting paid beta testing.

 

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Was it Bill Gates who said the easiest way to lose money investing is in battery technology?