Testing electric-motor drive controls can be optimized by employing digital twins within a single development platform and via test automation, thus creating a continuous testing workflow. How the ...

US-based propulsion technology specialist Wright Electric has begun testing a 2MW electric powertrain to support development of a zero-emission aircraft. The company describes the measure as a “key ...

NASA calls it X-57 Maxwell, and it is the testbed for a possible solution to electrify airborne transportation. The project, first announced in October 2019, is already entering testing stages, the ...

Kinectrics, a division of BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), has been awarded a multi-year contract by Sumitomo Electric ...

NASA’s all-electric X- 57 Maxwell has completed another milestone toward first flight; the successful completion of high-voltage testing. High-voltage testing powers the aircraft is from an auxiliary ...

In the Integrated Modular Motor Drive, the power electronics submodules in the blue boxes are mounted directly onto the three-stage motor. Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing ...

Electromagnetic simulation has advanced to where it can reduce the amount of track time devoted to finding problems in electric-vehicle drivetrains. • Advanced test systems have gotten to the point ...

The BMW i4 M50 and iX M60 may carry the M badge but are not full-blown BMW M cars. Rest assured, the first proper M car with all-electric propulsion is coming, the automaker's performance division has ...

Firstly, the Yangwang U9X originates from the world’s first mass-produced 1200V ultra-high voltage platform, featuring four high-performance motors with a rotation speed of up to 30,000 rpm. Supported ...

NASA’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell concluded high-voltage ground testing at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Photo Credit: NASA Photo/Lauren Hughes NASA’s all-electric X- 57 ...