Most electric vehicle motors today rely on rare earth materials—like neodymium and cobalt—that are expensive to mine and ...

UK engineering firm Ricardo has developed and tested a new synchronous reluctance motor prototype. The clue is that the so-called Alumotor does not need any ...

Ricardo has designed, developed and tested a prototype electric propulsion module, Alumotor, an innovative rare earth metal ...

A UK consortium has developed a prototype rare-earth-free synchronous reluctance motor which uses aluminium hairpin windings instead of copper, resulting in a robust, low-cost and sustainable ...