A near perfect, ring-shaped 845 HP engine has been unveiled and it has the potential to revolutionize the automotive industry. The new engine is 100% clean and produces zero emissions. The extraordinary engine comes to us from Finnish manufacturer Donut Lab. The new donut motor is a in-wheel electric motor that Donut Labs has been working on for some time now. Their initial reports suggest that the motor will weigh a ridiculous 40 kg and will be 50% cheaper to produce than a traditional electric motor.
Who and what are the Donut Lab and what makes them so different?
With the popularity of the electric vehicle, their was always going to be startups that seek to cash in on that appeal. Tesla made a substantial amount of money when they sat a top the cash mountain that is the EV sector. The appeal of a zero-emission vehicle was just too good to turn down for the majority of the world’s car buyers. Not to mention the moral superiority that people seek out in their lives.
Donut Lab has produced the ring-shaped electric motor as their vision for the future of the electric vehicle market. They first began as a spin-off of Verge Motorcycles. Verge Motorcycles where an early pioneer in the all electric motorcycles that became so popular during the electric revolution of the 2000’s. Donut Lab’s initial focus was on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and industrial clients.
While Verge served the high end electric bike customers, Donut Lab was more focused on the large scale transportation industry that has embraced the carbon-neutral goals for the mobility industry. That’s where we suspect the new donut motor will find its feet at first. Heavy load transportation has mostly relied on the diesel engine to transport the world’s materials back and forth. This new ring-shaped engine could change that.
What have Donut Lab created with this ring-shaped engine?
The new donut motor is a in-wheel electric motor that has insane power outputs for its weight. One the main hurdles in EV manufacturing is the complicated and expensive process of making a powertrain for an EV. It is incredibly complex and only recently the technology and engineering have become worthy of further exploration. This is no doubt thanks to companies like Tesla and BYD making the EV immensely popular and profitable.
The donut motor will be adapted for a range of industries within the mobility sector. The motor designated for car production has a remarkable 845 HP and 3,172lb of torque. This incredible power and the 40 kg weight puts the engine in the supercar territory as the closest EV that fast is the Rimac Nevera R, a fully electric supercar that is the cream of the electric vehicle crop.
With the electric revolution in full swing, the new donut motor will most likely make its first real appearance in the larger vehicles like trucks as the power to weight ratio is ideal for the sector. The size and power will no doubt be adjusted to fit the more attractive personal mobility sector as that much power in one wheel is dangerous for the average driver to control.
Will the new donut motor lead the world into the carbon-neutral future?
The manner in which we reach the carbon-neutral goals that we have set ourselves is debatable. Some focus on alternative fuel solutions, while companies like Donut Lab seems to be more concerned with revolutionizing the electric motor. With its incredible power and lightweight size, the donut motor from Donut Lab has the potential to revolutionize the automotive industry for good. If the motor can find its way into the EV’s we use for our everyday lives, the price and complexity of an EV will be dramatically reduced. Good news for all concerned.
