DeltaWing Technology Group and DHX Electric Machines, both based in Georgia in the US, are collaborating to build small, lightweight electric motors for automotive applications. The companies claim their electric motors are 75 percent smaller than equivalent-output motors for automotive applications thanks to engineering improvements in heat management.
Much of the bulk of high-torque electric motors, such as those typically used in automotive applications for electrified vehicles, is in the heat management systems engineered into the motor casings, and efforts to reduce this bulk typically result in loss of torque output in heavier usage. DHX claims its design reduces bulk by up to 75 percent without losing thermal management efficiency, thus retaining the motor's expected output in heavy usage.
A smaller, lighter motor reduces weight and volume requirements, which improves the efficiency of the vehicle, resulting in greater range.
In an electric motor, the windings generate most of the heat produced during use. Air or liquid cooling is usually used to dissipate this heat into the motor's frame and case through the stator, which, unlike the windings, is fixed to those elements. In the DHX design, a heat exchanger in the winding pulls heat away and to the casing more efficiently. DHX calls this a Direct-Winding Heat Exchanger (DWHX), and it is made up of tiny channels made to reduce thermal resistance by pulling heat away from the windings. This replaces heavy liquid cooling and less efficient air cooling.
For its part, DeltaWing, which became known for its Nissan collaboration on the Ben Bowlby-designed racing car of the same name, will design vehicles to use the motor. The company currently produces the Panoz DeltaWing Racing coupe for IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) competition. Vehicles for development and production using the DHX motors, DeltaWing says, will include two-, three-, and four-wheeled designs ranging from scooters to urban vehicles to highway-ready EVs and delivery vehicles. The motors will be designed for use in both battery electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
Source: DeltaWing Technology Group
For people who followed MotoCzysz in TT Zero that's probably an interesting piece of trivia. MotoCzysz and Remy partnered on a "D1g1tal Dr1ve D1" platform that combines the HVH with a handful of other required kit for $9k. Michael Czysz took a break from IoM for health reasons but looking at MotoCzysz twitter it looks like they are planning to be back for 2016. It will be a different field now than when they won 4 straight years but it will be good to have them back.
Getting heat out is important, and this is probably a slick motor, but be real about the implications.
But as POOL PUMP REPAIR GUY points out, highly suspect, as I don't think the shaft could handle 80HP, nor the power terminals handle the 60KW of electricity, nor the tiny water coupling the approx. 2400watts of heat
http://www.dhxmachines.com/index.html
The DHX motor is 80 hp (60kW) and weighs 30lbs (13.6kg). The Mclaren Formula E motor is 268.204 (200kW) and 57lbs (26kg).
The Mclaren motor 3.3 times the power and 1.9 times the weight of the DHX giving it even more density and it's used for high endurance applications like racing where it's under constant load and cooling would be a challenge.
In regular automotive use these engines would run at max load only some of the time and keeping them cooled would be less of an issue but it seems as though it's certainly possible. Also if that solid metal shaft won't handle 80 HP it would be hard to make gearboxes for 500 HP cars that don't immediately turn to butter.
Here is a photo of the motor for Formula E: http://i.imgur.com/Wj52lHx.jpg