News from Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA:
By Urvaksh Karkaria
Fort Wayne-based Dura-Trac Motors has developed an electric motor geared toward the automobile market – one that promises to pack more power than similar products on the market.
Combining the transmission system into the electric motor gives the motor a wider speed range, making it more efficient and about 20 percent more powerful than similar products, said Larry Zepp, Dura-Trac’s vice president of engineering.
The wider speed range extends the distance an electric vehicle can be driven on a single battery charge – an estimated 10 percent to 15 percent increase in mileage for a typical vehicle.
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