Electric Motorcycles & Electric Bicycles

Created by Steven Minichiello on 30 October, 2020

There has been a trend away from the traditional Radially Magnetically coupled motors :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor


that have been around historically

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_flux_motor


to a new type of design which is an Axially Magnetically Coupled electric motor :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_flux_motor



https://www.emobility-engineering.com/axial-flux-motors/


Here's one example of a company that is producing such motors :

https://www.infinitumelectric.com/ie-technology/


Here's another that was acquired by Mercedes called YASA :

https://www.yasa.com/


There are a few more companies out there that are emerging and it looks like some real innovation in electric motor design is coming soon !!