Orbis Electric

New models of electric motors from a Santa Rosa company

Orbis Electric, a California-based high-performance electric motor company, just introduced HaloDrive, an advanced axial flux motor-generator built to power the next cycle of e-Mobility.

HaloDrive is designed around a modular four-part architecture with breakthrough innovations like an injection-molded plastic stator, and a tunable gearset. This system reportedly "delivers strong levels of performance, efficiency, and configurability — maintaining high torque and power density with greater thermal stability," according to a July 22 press release from the company.

Designed for a variety of e-Mobility applications, HaloDrive is said to be highly versatile and capable of being deployed across commercial transportation, trucking fleets, stationary industrial power generation, and passenger vehicles--as well as marine systems and aerospace platforms. The technology is an alternative to more common electric motors like Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM).

HaloDrive has been piloted by leading passenger vehicle OEMs for in-wheel propulsion systems and in heavy-duty trucking fleets as diesel-replacement generators. In these commercial applications, the electric motor is striving to deliver significant cost savings, including improving one customer’s fleet fuel efficiency by 61%.