Items Tagged with 'electric motor assembly'

KANSAS CITY, KS—General Motors will invest $30 million in workforce training at its Fairfax Assembly Plant to support the launch of three new vehicles and expand manufacturing flexibility at the facility.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a multimaterial additive manufacturing platform that can be used to print electric machines in a single step.

AACHEN, Germany—Engineers at RWTH Aachen University have launched a three-year R&D project to develop sustainable components for electric vehicle traction motors.

New designs and sustainability issues challenge automotive engineers.

STEYR, Austria—BMW has ramped up electric traction motor production at its power train assembly plant here.

MUNICH—BMW AG recently unveiled the sixth generation of its eDrive technology, which will be used in its Neue Klasse electric vehicles.

All electric motors generate substantial heat during operation. Managing that heat is critical for the reliability, performance and longevity of the motor. Thermally conductive adhesives are one tool for doing just that.

Autonomous & Electric Mobility recently asked John Nunneley, senior vice president of design engineering and IT at Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc., to talk about how the company is meeting the needs of electric vehicle manufacturers.

Numerous dispensing applications are required in the production of traction motors for electric and hybrid vehicles. Bus bar potting is one of them.

YOKOHAMA, Japan—Nissan Motor Corp. has unveiled a new approach to electrified power train development and manufacturing.