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The electric steel dilemma and its impact on motor vendors

Control Engineering

Shown below, the price of the commodity rose to more than 400% of its price in January of 2016. Within electric motor manufacturing, electric steel can make up as much as 20% of the bill of material. This is presented as an index value with the 2016 value representing 100%. Courtesy of: Interact Analysis.

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Pony.ai unveils 7th gen self-driving platform, plans for mass production this year

Robotics Business Review

” Founded in 2016, Pony.ai The company said continuous design optimizations have also reduced the total bill-of-materials (BOM) costs by 70%. “Over the past few years, we have refined these pillars, positioning us well to deploy robotaxis safely and reliably.”