Have We Gotten Electric Motors Wrong for 150 Years?

A motor that consumes less power, doesn't use any rare earth metals, and boasts an efficiency of almost 100%. Sounds almost too good to be true, right? Well, that's exactly what the American company C-Motive is now promising. And we're NOT talking about your standard electromagnetic motor—the kind that powers pretty much everything today. This is about an electrostatic motor. It seems to be breaking all previous records and is already being tested by the first few companies. How C-Motive pulled off this leap, and whether this motor actually has the potential to replace current technology—you'll find out in this video! This video was created by my editorial team. Editorial staff: Vera Fleuter, Lukas Laroche, Jacob Beautemps; Editing: Romy Gruetter. Chapters: 00:00 Electrostatic Motors 00:44 Intro 01:25 Electromagnetic vs. Electrostatic 04:27 The Problem with Electromagnetic Motors 05:34 The New C-Motive Motor 08:53 Benefits of the C-Motive Motor 09:35 Use Cases: Where and When? 10:12 The Big Hurdle 12:06 Final Thoughts Sources: Source 1: https://c-motive.com/technology/ Source 2: https://spectrum.ieee.org/electrostat... Source 3: https://c-motive.com/2024/10/22/the-l... Source 4: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collec... Source 5: https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/el... Source 6: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta... Source 7: https://www.leifiphysik.de/elektrizit... Source 8:    • C-Motive Explained: Plates   Source 9: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Source 10: https://www.kfw.de/PDF/Download-Cente... Source 11: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... Source 12: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... Source 13 : https://link.springer.com/book/10.100... Source 14: https://www.jpier.org/issues/reader.h... Source 15: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta... Source 16: https://technav.ieee.org/area/electri... Source 17: https://c-motive.com/wp-content/uploa... Source 18: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1... Source 19: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta... Source 20: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/... Source 21: https://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/physi... Source 22: https://www.leifiphysik.de/elektrizit... Source 23: https://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/physi... New science and technology videos every week! We show innovations that make our world better and point the way to our future. The videos are made in Germany, but the topics are from all over the world.