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The electric steel dilemma and its impact on motor vendors

Control Engineering

However, the share of business held by commercial and industrial electric motor vendors is being threatened by the automotive sector in the wake of electric vehicles. Shown below, the price of the commodity rose to more than 400% of its price in January of 2016. million cars were produced between these three manufacturers alone.

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China overtakes United States in robot density

Control Engineering

Driven by the high volume of robot installations in recent years, Asia’s average robot density surged by 18% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2016 to 156 units per 10,000 employees in 2021. Singapore’s robot density had been growing by 24% on average each year since 2016. Robot density by region.