Evolito Acquires Aerospace Battery Company Electroflight to Create Full Powertrain Solutions Capability
Evolito, a privately-owned company designing and manufacturing world-leading electric motors and controllers for aerospace applications, has announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Cheltenham-based aerospace battery solutions company Electroflight.
Evolito supplies high-performance, low-weight axial-flux motors and controllers that are smaller, lighter and with a higher safety factor than any other competing electric propulsion technology. Evolito’s products enable a range of new electric propulsion applications, helping to accelerate the industry’s move towards net zero.
Electroflight has a proven track record of delivering safety critical, innovative battery solutions for the electrification of the aerospace industry. Following the acquisition, Electroflight will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Evolito and will focus on delivering next-generation battery technology to complement Evolito’s unique motors and controllers.
“We are very excited to complete the acquisition of Electroflight today. The combined capabilities will enable us to deliver flexible solutions for our customers, from best-in-class motor and controller subsystems to fully integrated electric powertrains,” Ajay Lukha, Chief Commercial Officer at Evolito, said.
Evolito is making all-electric flight a reality by offering world-leading geared and direct-drive electric propulsion and battery solutions. Spun out of YASA in 2021, Evolito leverages technology proven at scale by OEMs in the automotive EV industry. The privately held company is based in Oxford. Evolito’s investors include B-Flexion and Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE).
The world’s most advanced electric propulsion solution
Building on YASA’s IP, Evolito is enabling the aerospace industry to leave behind the legacy radial electric motor technology that’s been holding the market back, and with this unique technology allowing it to truly take off.
“We’re building the future of electric flight with motors that have the highest power and torque densities in class with the ability to manufacture at scale, whilst achieving efficiencies of over 98%,” Gareth Morris, Managing Director, Evolito, says.
“Our axial-flux motor’s unique segmented topology and novel cooling systems are also inherently more robust than other electric motors systems, making them ideally suited to aerospace applications,” Evolito’s representatives say.
“Our axial-flux technology also requires up to 75% less iron, less copper and less permanent magnets than competing radial solutions, making it lighter and more environmentally friendly. Our current products include YASA P400 & YASA 750 but our range is expanding with new products that will take another leap forward in power densities and performance for the aerospace market,” they add.
Evolito provides the world’s most advanced direct drive & in-direct drive electric propulsion solutions for Fixed-Wing and Electric Vertical Take-Off, and Landing (EvToL) applications.
The Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market alone is forecast to grow to over $100 billion by 2035.
However, the success of this potentially transformative but still nascent market will depend on the market’s adoption of new technologies. Current approaches to electric flight rely on legacy radial motors — a technology that is over 50 years old, with very little innovation roadmap left ahead.
In comparison, Evolito’s axial-flux electric motors and power electronics have the highest power densities and greatest efficiencies in class, making them ideally suited for new all-electric aerospace applications.
In addition, the technology is already established in the electric automotive market, being deployed in series production by manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari. This proven rate of manufacture and process quality allows for the potential for scalable manufacture from the outset.
