Engineers and scientists in China have started up the first Chinese ship with a permanent magnet motor system. The system promises to make quieter submarines that are much harder to detect, a major ...

Mini USA looks set to take a world lead in fuel efficiency with its April 1st announcement. It's no April Fools joke, but they gave information on its new magnetic propulsion system that will extend ...

RENK, a Germany-based maker of automatic transmissions and gear units for military vehicles, has agreed to acquire Combat Propulsion Systems and Magnet-Motor businesses of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: ...

In a presentation at the PLAN University Rear Admiral Ma Weiming told Chinese experts in electromagnetic research that China had made breakthroughs in key areas of electromagnetic applications, such ...

BUSAN, South Korea & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereafter Toshiba-ISS) has announced that new five 8-car trains equipped with its permanent magnet ...

Motors are machines that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy using magnetic forces. When current is passed through a wire loop that lies in a magnetic field, a turning force, or torque, ...

Japan’s IHI has announced a “breakthrough” in magnet technology for high-speed motors, which could enhance the performance of future electric aircraft. The company says that it and local collaborators ...

Throughout the history of shipbuilding, the key challenge too often has been how to build the right ship around a given propulsion system, rather than creating tailored propulsion system for the ship.