American Superconductor Corporation today announced it has built and demonstrated the world's first 5,000-horsepower (hp), high temperature superconductor (HTS) electric motor.

It is as little as half the size and weight of a conventional 5,000-hp motor. Its net electrical losses, including losses associated with cryogenic cooling of the HTS wires, are up to half the ...

American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) has built what is believed to be the first 5,000-hp motor that uses high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires in its rotor, says the company. The ...

American Superconductor has successfully completed load-testing the world’s first 5,000-horsepower (hp), high-temperature superconductor (HTS) prototype electric motor. The company, based in ...

The most recent car to premiere with Yasa motors is the Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept. It uses three axial flux motors to ...

The drag car, which has four HyperPower QFM-360-X motors for a combined 5,000 hp (4,000 kW) and 21,000 Nm (15,489 lb-ft), should be capable of mixing it with the best nitromethane Top Fuel racers.

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