Electric Supercar Makers Seek For More Convenient Engines And Less Weight

All-electric super and hypercars have arrived in their prime, and automakers are increasingly looking to smaller EV specialists to help them push performance electric supercar limits even further. Daimler recently acquired the British firm YASA, one of these acquisitions' targets.

YASA already provides Ferrari, Koenigsegg, and an undisclosed British supercar manufacturer with electric engines, and it will soon provide Mercedes-AMG with its electric engines. It is flat and about the same size as a steering wheel, making it both lighter and more effective than radial flux motors that are more common. The Ferrari SF90 Stradale and 296 GTB already utilize YASA's oil-cooled engine.

Saietta, a British motor maker, has also created its own water-cooled axial flux motors and will build them for the Asian motorbike industry. Graham Lenden, the chief commercial officer of Saietta, told Reuters that manufacturers need assistance when it comes to electric powertrains. He remarked these companies know combustion engines through and out, but they don't know electric powertrains.

YASA wants to lower the cost of its axial flux electric engine so that Daimler may use it in all of its vehicles.
Obviously, the EV's motor is only one piece of the puzzle. Manufacturers of supercars and hypercars know that weight is their biggest adversary, so they're always seeking methods to lighten their vehicles' massive battery packs or to find other places to save weight.

Weight reduction is more crucial than increased power, according to Silk-FAW vice president for innovation and technology, Roberto Fedeli.