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Summary

The video argues that Mercedes-Benz’s acquisition of British motor maker YASA may give it a new advantage in electric vehicles: a lightweight, high-power axial-flux motor, rather than a larger battery or lower price. It presents the technology as a potential shift in EV competition while emphasizing that cost, manufacturing, and materials challenges remain.

How the motor works

YASA—short for “yokeless and segmented armature”—grew out of research at Oxford. Its design is a thin, disc-shaped motor. Unlike the more common radial-flux motor, which has a rotor inside a surrounding stator, an axial-flux motor places components face to face, with magnetic force acting along the shaft’s axis.

The video highlights three potential benefits:

• Higher torque: The motor’s wide shape places magnets farther from the shaft’s center, increasing the leverage of the magnetic force.
• Lower weight: The design removes the heavy iron yoke used in conventional motors.
• Compact packaging: Its thin profile could make it easier to fit multiple motors into a vehicle.

YASA motors have been used in high-performance cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Koenigsegg. Mercedes bought YASA in 2021. The video describes the acquisition as a way to gain mature technology, experienced staff, and years of development more quickly than starting from scratch.

Prototype figures and caveats

The video reports that YASA tested a prototype weighing about 12.7 kg (28 lb) that produced 750 kW—a little over 1,000 horsepower—at peak, or about 59 kW per kilogram. YASA estimates continuous output at roughly 350–400 kW.

These are YASA’s own reported figures, not independently certified measurements. The record-setting prototype is not the same motor used in the production car; the video says production motors are designed with durability and mass production in mind.

A lighter motor could reduce a vehicle’s energy use, potentially allowing either more range from the same battery or a smaller, less costly battery. The video also notes possible handling, braking, and tire-wear benefits from reducing vehicle weight.

Mercedes-AMG production car

The video says Mercedes unveiled its all-electric AMG GT 4-Door Coupé in 2026, making it the first series-production car to use axial-flux motors on a regular assembly line. It describes the car as having three YASA motors: one at the front and two at the rear.

For the top GT 63 version, the video reports up to 860 kW (about 1,150–1,170 hp), a 0–62 mph time of around 2.1 seconds, and about 1,475 lb-ft of torque. A less powerful GT 55 is listed at about 816 hp. The cited European prices are roughly €154,700 and €196,350; U.S. pricing is not confirmed in the video.

The car uses Mercedes-AMG’s dedicated AMG.EA electric platform. The video says the motors are made in Berlin and that car production was scheduled for Sindelfingen. It also describes an earlier AMG concept’s long-distance testing as evidence of efforts to demonstrate durability.

Challenges and industry implications

The video identifies several main obstacles:

1. Precision: The rotating and stationary discs must maintain a very narrow gap despite strong magnetic forces.
2. Manufacturing scale: Existing factories and processes are optimized for conventional motors; axial-flux production requires new equipment and expertise.
3. Heat management: High power in a compact space creates heat, requiring specialized cooling and limiting how long peak output can be sustained.
4. Mechanical stress: High rotational speeds put substantial forces on the discs and magnets.
5. Cost and materials: Permanent magnets often rely on rare-earth materials, whose supply and production are heavily concentrated in China.

The video suggests axial-flux motors could eventually move into more affordable vehicles, as some technologies first used in luxury cars have done, but says the timeline is uncertain. It frames the technology as a possible challenge to Tesla’s drivetrain reputation and BYD’s battery-cost and manufacturing advantages—not as proof that either company has been overtaken.

For U.S. buyers, the video connects the technology to EV affordability, the end of the federal tax credit it cites, tariffs on European-built cars, and efforts to develop domestic magnet production. It also notes that YASA motors have been used in Rolls-Royce’s electric Spirit of Innovation aircraft, which set electric-aircraft speed records in 2021.

Review and sources

This is an explanatory technology and industry analysis, not a hands-on vehicle review or step-by-step tutorial.

The video is presented by a single channel narrator. Sources and organizations named include Mercedes-Benz/Mercedes-AMG, YASA, Ward’s Auto, Rolls-Royce, and U.S. magnet producers MP Materials and Noveon Magnetics.