General Motors (GM) has canceled a long-term permanent-magnet supply agreement with Germany’s VAC at VAC’s new U.S. plant in ...

Did you know GM invented the domestic, affordable permanent magnet? Before this neodymium-iron-boron magnet came along in 1984, electric motors, generators, audio speakers, hard-disk drives, and the ...

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Ferrstron Powertrains road-tests a 150 kW ferrite-magnet motor using no rare earths, achieving 98% efficiency with innovative ...

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 ...

Several companies around the globe have been hard at work innovating and refining magnet-free electric motors to make them a more viable option for the fast-growing EV industry. ZF Friedrichshafen has ...

Never mind present-day’s bonny blather on the benefits of electric, hydrogen and biofuel power. How do you feel about magnets? Better make up your mind, stat; as of this morning, a company named ...

AML's permanent magnets are sized, shaped, and magnetized to optimize performance and cost of end-use products MELBOURNE, Fla., March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. ("AML" or the ...

Emil Motors was founded by engineers Maximilian Güttinger and Johannes Unhold with the objective of redesigning the electric motor to eliminate reliance on rare earth materials while maintaining ...

Two great minds in permanent-magnet-free motor design are fusing their know-how to create an even more capable inductive electric motor. Mahle and Valeo have teamed up to introduce what they call the ...

Newswise — Many of the industrial motors used today are induction motors. However, permanent magnet motors are generally more efficient than induction motors and can be more cost-effective in the long ...