Is Rolls Royce taking “permanent magnet motor” technology seriously?
This press release implies they are. 8/14/2006 Permanent Magnet Technology Enhances Performance of Otherwise Conventional electric Motors. Direct Drive Systems signs $1.3 million contract with Northern Power for new motor design. Several other companies are beginning to incorporate this technology into mainstream application also. 8/6/2006 CHOCOLATE – The Most Delicious Way Yet to Produce Hydrogen. 8/1/2006 Scientists in Minnesota and Israel (what’s left of it) Use Boron to Make Hydrogen on Demand. I think Nikola Tesla did this about a hundred years ago, but FuelCellWorks thinks this is news. 7/30/2006 Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. of Connecticut gets $1.36 Million Grant from DOD to Research Hydrogen Generation. The firm hopes to get hydrogen generation down below $4 per kilogram. 7/24/2006 Electric Motors have always had the benefit of immediate torque, unlike internal combustion engines which need to develop RPM’s to generate usable horsepower. The question has been where to get the electri
