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Startup's plan to disrupt electric motors

Linear Labs’ EV motor will use iron ferrite for its magnets, which is more plentiful than the usual neodymium.
Linear Labs’ EV motor will use iron ferrite for its magnets, which is more plentiful than the usual neodymium.
August 03, 2020 04:00 AM

Brad Hunstable has a big plan for supplying electric vehicle motors that involves no less than a radical new design for motors, with more than 70 patents. It requires the creation of a high-speed, lights-out manufacturing approach. It is a bet that he can outproduce China's fastest low-cost mass producers of motors. And on top of all that, he plans to teach other manufacturers around the world to build his motors the same way.

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