than conventional cylindrical radial flux motors or sausagesyasas motor is oil cooled so will never overheat and is far more efficient than a conventional motor said tim woolmer who developed the device as part of his doctorate at the university of oxford and then founded the company in 2009because the motor is more efficient it can extend the range of an electric vehicle up to 7 or because it uses less power it allows carmakers to take out some of the heavy batteries and reduce their vehicles weight by to 10 he addedyasa has a small facility at its oxford headquarters where it makes motors for ferraris sf90 stradale hybrid and 296 gtb hybrid models and test motors for amg daimler is studying how to scale up that production at its own factoriesyasas ceo chris harris said its acquisition by the german giant had not ended its work with clients like ferrarithey want us to continue working with our supercar customers because thats the leading edge he added that technology when it matures cascades downferraris chief technology officer michael leiters described the yasa motor in its hybrid models as an automotive first adding that the italian sportscar maker would lean on the technical expertise of suppliers in its quest to go electricwanted battery revolutioncar companies are also looking beyond motors in their weightloss plansmate rimac ceo of croatian electric hypercar maker rimac said the chassis and the body of its ctwo model were both made of carbon fibre and that batteries formed part of the cars structure to save weightthe company which is forming srimacsetupjvinvolvingvwsbugattibrand20210705textto20b e20set20up20inwill20also20lead20the20jv a joint venture with volkswagens luxury sportscar unit porsche that will include vws bugatti brand also uses torque vectoring to boost performance motors in the wheels to help take cornersbritish sportscar maker lotus has developed a new electric platform using light aluminium alloys that cuts the vehicles structural weight 37 and will start producing its first fullyelectric sports car in 2026owned by chinas geely and malaysias etika automotive lotus also operates as an auto supplier and engineer to other carmakers the company is in advanced talks to supply the platform to another carmaker and has received expressions of interest from several others managing director matt windle saidwith the cost and speed of electrification collaboration is the way to go windle saidchinese automaker faw has teamed up with usbased engineering and design firm silk ev to form the silkfaw venture which plans to build electric sportscars in italyit is using carbonfibre components for the vehicle chassis and looking to a highrevolution motor using copperwiring technology from the aerospace sector to cut the motors weight by 20 though it is also exploring other optionsweight saving is even more important than a higher level of power said roberto fedeli silkfaw vice president for innovation and technologycutting weight and using more efficient motors may be enough for most wealthy sportscar buyers who use their vehicles for recreation or to commute and are unlikely to want to