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miohtamatoday at 12:19 PM3 repliesview on HN

Mercedes acquired Yasa (UK) couple of years ago and now getting up to the speed in the production.

Here is a nice video that explains axial flux motors with a factory visit

https://youtu.be/B2Hl4c1iZK0?si=VfDYARyuaPVj1nKm

They are so, so, small.


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mohsen1today at 12:40 PM

I was curious how this thing works and asked Claude to visualize it -- mostly to see how good Fable is and I have to say, what it made was good enough for me to get a gist of it. Posted it here

https://azimi.me/axial-flux-motor-explainer/

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originalvichytoday at 12:38 PM

I wonder how developing electric motors compares to combustion engines. My hunch says that it’s the main reason the Chinese high-tech electronics industry was able to develop and iterate leading electric vehicles so fast. (Edit: My more clarified point is regarding the machinery required + place to accommodate them to work on electric motors vs. ICE metal parts and all the intermediary parts transfering power in the drivetrain. The shop in the video is smaller than many would imagine.)

When these hopefully go to the next generation Formula E cars, we’ll see some crazy improvements in cornering. The newest generation already has active 4WD. I imagine this can bring even better torque adjustment improvements.

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engineer_22today at 12:26 PM

Came here for this, thank you for providing a link

Edit.... Video doesn't seem to explain very well either