Renault's rare-earth-free electric motors: How EESM technology works
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Renault Group
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Summary
Renault Group has pioneered the use of Electrically Excited Synchronous Motors (EESM) in electric vehicles, which operate without rare earth materials. The article explains the three main families of electric motors and highlights Renault's unique market position as a mass producer of rare-earth-free electric motors since 2012.
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As a pioneer of electric motors using no rare earths, Renault Group is unique on the automotive market, a position reasserted for strategic reasons.
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