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 ...

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 ...

Linear motors are becoming increasingly practical for general motion. Many are used for long strokes of a few feet or more. One new design, however, where the magnets move relative to a stationary ...

In a world filled with high-tech robotics kits and programmable gadgets, one artist decided ...

Rather than trying to secure alternative sources of rare-earth materials, Vimag is attempting to eliminate magnets from ...

Niron Magnetics of northeast Minneapolis is commencing production of next-generation electric-motor magnets to power a greener economy with global industrial partners. Niron has built a ...

Distorted accounting obscures real propulsion costs, rare-earth dependency, and emerging alternatives BOSTON, MA, ...

When you think of electric motors, you usually think of magnets. But magnets are heavy, and good magnets can pose problems when you need lots of them. A technology called SESM (separately excited ...

For decades, permanent magnets have been one of the least questioned links in the electrification supply chain.