Electrification is rapidly and surely engulfing the entire automotive world. Electrification may not necessarily mean that all future models will become battery electric vehicles (EV). Even Toyota is cautious with BEVs, but it admits it is pursuing electrification on various approaches is required to reduce its overall carbon footprint.

Interestingly, electrified vehicles – including BEVs and hybrids – use electric motors as propulsion units. Carmakers would invest millions of dollars into electric motors, batteries and other related components. Interestingly, most automakers employ a radial flux or but some use axial flux electric motors, depending on their purpose.

As Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained revealed, the majority of the carmakers employ radial flux motors in their electrified vehicles. However, some automakers like McLaren do employ axial flux motors, especially in their electrified supercars such as the Artura.

Of course, carmakers have their own reasons for doing choosing which type of electric motors should go into their offerings. Thankfully, Jason explains while sitting behind the wheels of a McLaren Artura why electrified supercars employ axial flux motors instead of radial flux motors.

Difference Between Radial And Axial Flux Motors

New for 2023, the Artura represented a number of firsts for McLaren. It’s the carmaker’s first plug-in-hybrid and employs a new platform called – MCLA. It employs a twin-turbo V-6 engine and a…