Contracts put power into Magnomatics

Sheffield-based Magnomatics won contracts with both companies to develop its technology to power hybrid vehicles.

The grant funding for the two projects is in excess of £500,000. The project with Ford Motor Car Company, which is supported by the Technology Strategy Development Board Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform, will develop the technology for use in hybrid passenger vehicles.

The work with Caterpillar is also assisted through the Technology Strategy Board. Magnomatics will collaborate with Caterpillar Engines, and Sheffield-based magnetic material and magnet assembly supplier Arnold Magnet Technologies, to scale up the magnetic power-split technology for larger hybrid vehicles