DG Innovate, a world leader in the development of ground-breaking technologies for electric vehicle drive systems, has announced a significant breakthrough in its M-TORX project, which is the company’s quest to develop an EV motor that offers performance and efficiency comparable with existing designs, but uses no permanent magnets. While the M-TORX design is still at an advanced stage of simulation, initial results have convincingly shown that it will readily deliver 85% of the performance of a permanent magnet motor and that there is significant scope for refinements that will further improve this already impressive figure.
“This a very important achievement,” said Martin Boughtwood, M-TORX project leader and DGI’s CTO, “as there has been much concern about the availability of the rare earth materials used in the permanent magnets of today’s EV motors, and also about the environmental and political issues related to sourcing these materials. Our M-TORX motor eliminates these problems while also opening the way for EV motors which have all of their component parts manufactured in the UK. This is better for the economy, better for the planet and ultimately better for vehicle owners who will enjoy lower prices.”
DG Innovate plc (LON:DGI) is an advanced research and development company pioneering sustainable and environmentally considerate improvements to electric mobility and storage, using abundant materials and the best engineering and scientific practices. Deregallera is a subsidiary of DG Innovate.
