MUNICH, Germany—ZF unveiled an electric motor that does not require magnets or rare earth materials, reducing reliance on mining in countries such as China and cutting manufacturing's carbon footprint ...

The joint venture Astemo, a collaboration between Hitachi and Honda, has developed a new motor for battery-electric vehicles that completely eliminates the ...

Chakra Growth Fund and Thinkuvate also participated in the funding round of the deeptech startup that’s developing ...

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 ...

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 ...

With its Hunstable Electric Turbine, Linear Labs promises three times the torque, twice the power and a 10% increase in range in an electric vehicle over a typical permanent magnet motor. One problem ...

A robotic device that can operate inside a medical scanner’s claustrophobic interior could pave the way for MRI-guided surgery 1. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals concealed soft tissue so, in ...

Germany’s Munich IAA international auto show has become six halls filled with CES/SAE-Show tech stuff with some automaker displays thrown in for good measure. Here’s a roundup of techie tidbits that ...