{"id":15908,"date":"2021-09-17T21:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T21:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/acquired-by-mercedes-benz-yasas-revolutionary-electric-motor-is-set-for-big-things\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T21:48:48","slug":"acquired-by-mercedes-benz-yasas-revolutionary-electric-motor-is-set-for-big-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/acquired-by-mercedes-benz-yasas-revolutionary-electric-motor-is-set-for-big-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquired by Mercedes-Benz, YASA\u2019s revolutionary electric motor is set for big things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Woolmer, founder and CTO, thinks his axial-flux motors could be a mobility game-changer Back in July, YASA (formerly Yokeless And Segmented Armature), a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary \u201caxial-flux\u201d motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz. The acquisition didn\u2019t exactly garner enormous press attention, as scant other details were announced. But YASA is likely to be an entity worth watching. Founded in 2009 after being spun out of Oxford University, YASA will&#8230; Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~3\/nNdoH_XRBbQ\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Woolmer, founder and CTO, thinks his axial-flux motors could be a mobility game-changer Back in July, YASA (formerly Yokeless And Segmented Armature), a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary \u201caxial-flux\u201d motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz. The acquisition didn\u2019t exactly garner enormous press attention, as scant other details were announced. 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