On July 22, 2021, motor manufacturer YASA announced through its CEO Chris Harris on the well-known business media Business Wire that it had officially become a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz.
Founded in 2009, YASA is a high-performance electric motor manufacturer based in the UK with 250 employees. After becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, YASA will retain its brand and operate independently. YASA has unique axial-flux motor technology, which provides the latest V6 hybrid supercars of McLaren and Ferrari with the motors using this technology.
As its name suggests, an axial-flux motor is a motor in which the magnetic field direction is parallel to the motor’s main axis. Most electric vehicles on the market use the radial-flux motor shown on the left in the above picture. The former has a flatter shape, is suitable for use as a P2 hybrid motor or wheel-hub motor, and has the advantage of higher energy density.
Mercedes-Benz has just released the MB.EA, VAN.EA, and AMG.EA pure electric platforms, and YASA’s higher-performance motors will become one of the differentiating selling points of the AMG.EA pure electric platform. With complete ownership of YASA, Mercedes-Benz seems to have gained a new capital that can rival Rimac’s major shareholder, Porsche.
🔗Source: YASA
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