Electric motors
Two articles on the same topic: electric motors. One quick and easy, one deep and detailed.
We occasionally create "bookend" articles: two articles on exactly the same topic, both released at the same time.
One article, usually a special feature for our paid subscribers, is long and quite detailed, a deep dive on a topic. The other article, much shorter and TLDR-ish, lets our regular "freemium followers" in on the action, too. It covers a lot of the same ground, but usually only takes a couple of minutes to read. And, of course, access is open.
This month's bookends look at electric motors.
In 1910, Tom Swift's fictional electric runabout was the hottest car on the road, with a decent range of 200 miles before Tom improved the battery ... and an eventual range of about 400 miles, strikingly close to the performance of modern electric vehicles.
Since those days, electric motors have changed a lot, delivering torque even beyond that aspired to by Tom for his runabout. Many electric car owners say the sheer joy of driving such a vehicle is part of their motivation.
Please click here to read "Torque Wars,"the short article.
Paid subscribers: Click here to read "Stator the Art," the longer special feature.
Whichever one you pick, we hope you enjoy it.