Moment at 0:05 in Nigeria Just Unleashed a BOMBSHELL Engine That Could DESTROY the Entire EV Industry! by Adam Turunen.
A Lagos startup, Kora Dynamics, unveiled a 52-pound electric motor producing 410 horsepower with 97% peak efficiency and no magnets or rare earth metals. Its spinning rotor is a stack of steel plates, with a design optimized by an AI search process, and it can be built largely from Nigerian-sourced materials, reducing dependence on foreign supply chains. You may be interested in these questions: How does the Harmattan Drive's steel rotor produce torque? Why do magnet-based electric motors depend on rare earth metals? Which automakers could be most affected by a magnet-free motor? Highlights Nigerian firm Kora Dynamics unveiled a magnet-free electric motor using plain steel plates, prompting major automakers to freeze orders and exposing dependence on rare earth magnets from a single supplier country. A Nigerian engineering team built a high-performance electric motor with no rare earth magnets, using a steel rotor design optimized by computer search. The approach was driven by a rule that no part vulnerable to borders or supply disruptions could be used. Cora, a 40-person Lagos company, unveiled a flat sealed steel-disc electric motor that is far lighter, cheaper, and more efficient than conventional motors. Its tests in extreme heat, dust, and flooding showed unusually strong results. A Nigerian team unveiled a magnet-free electric motor built entirely from four domestically mined materials, threatening the rare earth-dependent electric vehicle industry. The motor could make major automakers' current designs commercially obsolete.
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