Author name: Sebastian Hartmann

Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has signed a five-year contract with “REEtec AS” from Norway for the supply of rare-earth materials. The aim of the collaboration is to make electric motors for hybrid modules, hybrid transmissions and all-electric axle drives even more sustainable. Strong permanent magnets made from rare-earth materials such as neodymium are […]

Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany have developed a technology which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to disassemble electric motors for recycling and recognize reusable components. The process aims to recover strategic raw materials contained in electric motors, such as the rare-earth metal neodymium. Current recycling methods are not yet able to extract these raw

British technology company “GKN Automotive” is participating in a European research project to develop cost-effective and efficient permanent-magnet electric motors. The machines will have high power density and are intended for next-generation electric vehicles. The aim of the project is to implement a new design concept with innovative construction and material solutions for electric motors.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies (IWKS) in Germany have developed a new recycling method for spent magnets that are used in electric motors. Until now, such magnets were produced under expensive and environmentally harmful conditions and were rarely recycled. The new process makes it possible to produce magnets

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) and partners have demonstrated in a study how electric bike motors can be remanufactured profitably. Successful remanufacturing has resulted in machines that have almost the same properties as newly produced motors. In the “AddRE-Mo” project, the team showed that the economic savings potential of