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		dreamcompiler on March 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Axial-Flux Motor with a PCB Stator Is Ripe for an ... It's not the brushes because this motor doesn't have any. If it was about brushes they would have said "100% less." They're talking about GHGs produced by generating the electricity that runs the motor.

ggm on March 27, 2022 [–]

So it's a restatement to efficiency. Torque/load being the same, this motor has less internal losses. Heat maybe?

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