A new concept for marine electric motors

With the Volabo motor the control of the various pairings of the coils is done under electronic control

A German company has developed a new concept of electric motor suitable for marine use that offers more flexibility in the way that it can operate to make electric propulsion safer writes Dag Pike.

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