Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year YASA, a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary “axial-flux” motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz to develop ...

Mercedes is betting big on axial flux electric motors for its future electric AMG performance vehicles — but don’t expect the tech to be limited to low-production products from Affalterbach. What are ...

Tesla was first to patent a primitive axial-flux electric motor—Nikola Tesla, that is, way back in 1889. It would be 126 years before the concept found its way to a car, the 1,500-horsepower (1,103 ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Gateshead, U.K., & Atlanta, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turntide Technologies (Turntide), a leader of ...

These are the new axial flux motors: AF300S, AF400S, and AF430D · GlobeNewswire Inc. Gateshead, U.K., and Atlanta, April 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- With fuel costs rising and hybrid adoption ...

Axial-flux tech isn't just for EVs and hybrids—this sim racing wheel uses it to pack a lot of power into a small package. Thrustmaster has packaged the same technology found in many high-performance ...

The auto industry's move toward axial-flux motors for EVs took another step forward with Mercedes' unveiling of its latest concept car that employs a trio of axial-flux motors that provide a combined ...

YASA (formerly Yokeless And Segmented Armature), a British electric motor specialist in axial-flux electric motors, founded in 2009, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz. The company will continue to operate ...

Electric motors are the beating heart of any electric vehicle, and thanks to a startup in Belgium, your next EV’s motor could be stronger, smaller and more efficient. Magnax is hard at work developing ...

In the everything old is new again folder, [Lesics] has a good overview of axial flux motors. These are promising for electric vehicles, especially aircraft, since the motors should have high torque ...

In the everything old is new again folder, [Lesics] has a good overview of axial flux motors. These are promising for electric vehicles, especially aircraft, since the motors should have high torque ...

Today, most electric machines operate with radial flux (RF). Magnax offers a new concept, though—a machine that operates with axial flux (AF). Figure 1 provides a comparison of the RF and AF ...