Sumitomo Electric Industries has an electric vehicle prototype that is driven by a superconducting motor. It’s the first in the world and we will get a glimpse of the vehicle at the G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido beginning on June 19.

Sumitomo wants the world to know that high-temperature superconductivity technology is an option for electric motors.

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The usual electric motor uses low current and high voltage which translates into low torque. Sumitomo is proposing a superconducting coil with high current, lower voltage and fewer turns producing a higher torque.

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