The energy-efficiency regulatory update scheduled for 2023 will affect builders of HVAC equipment, industrial fans, cooling towers and pumps, including those used in irrigation systems. The new ...

The incredible power of electric motors can only be matched by how difficult it is to make them. These things need magnets to work, and magnets are made from rare earth elements, which are difficult ...

UQM Technologies has secured US$3m from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop non-rare-earth magnet electric motors for use in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. “We are pleased the DOE has ...

The electric motors that power today’s EVs rely on permanent magnets made using rare-earth metals such as neodymium. Rare earths are the 15 elements whose atomic numbers run from 57 to 71, plus ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Tesla Inc.’s ambition to remove rare earths from future models has producers in the sector reeling, but it also should spur global ...

Electric motors have only one moving part, but a look into the three types and how each works proves they are far from simple ...

GM and Niron Magnetics have completed a strategic partnership agreement to co-develop clean earth magnet motor technology which can be used in future GM EVs. GM Ventures has also made an investment in ...

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, ...

This instalment of CNA’s series on the forces powering electric vehicles (EVs) in Asia examines India’s growing presence in ...

While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they're not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets ...

Any enthusiast will be able to tell you the seat-of-the-pants characteristics of their favorite engine. The torque-peakiness of an Eighties turbo car, the endless rev-hungry climb of a naturally ...