The report, which includes new interviews, presents a comparison of 157 suppliers. It found that more suppliers are designing their EV’s with multi-motors, and these are selling. For example the Toyota Prius, in which the generator doubles as a traction motor, is the best-selling model in it’s range.
The 8.9m more motors available for multi-motor vehicles in 2025 is divided between 37 applicational categories. The majority of these are land and industrial-commericlal vehicles. However, Dr Peter Harrop, Primary Author, comments: “[the] largest profit may be made in military and other segments. In some segments you are likely to be competing with your customer, in others less so.”