industry manufacturing founded oxford united kingdom september 2009 2009 09 headquarters milton park oxfordshire key people dr chris harris ceo dr tim woolmer cto and founder products electric motors generators website www.yasamotors.com yasa motors is a british manufacturer of electric motors and generators for use in automotive and industrial applications . 1 2 3 the company was founded in 2009 by dr tim woolmer who has stayed on as the cto and is also the holder of a number of related motor technology patents . 4 although initial commercial adoption was in high performance cars markets for yasa motors and generators now include the off road marine industrial and aerospace sectors . contents 1 history 2 products and applications 3 references 4 external links history edit yasa motors was founded in september 2009 to commercialize a permanent magnet axial flux electric motor yasa stands for yokeless and segmented armature . the motor was developed for the morgan lifecar in 2008 by dr malcolm mcculloch and dr tim woolmer then a phd student at the university of oxford . 2 4 5 products and applications edit yasa 750 e motor generator . 790 nm from 37 kg . yasa motors offer a range of off the shelf and custom motors motors for use in a number of applications such as hybrid vehicle drivetrain 6 power generation and hydraulics replacement systems . 7 8 their electric motors feature very high torque and power density up to 6.7 kw kg 9 and have been used in several high performance cars like the drive eo pp03 jaguar c x75 koenigsegg regera 10 11 12 and a lola le mans prototype converted by drayson racing which set a world electric land speed record in 2013 . 13 14 15 in 2015 yasa motors launched the p400 series of motors in serial production for volume manufacturers . 16 references edit yasa motors ltd. private company information businessweek . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 4 march 2015 . a b oxford yasa motors shows specific torque above 30nm kg . green car congress . retrieved 4 march 2015 . lloyds telegraph awards reveal the best british entrepreneurs . the telegraph . retrieved 4 march 2015 . a b light electric motor spins out . phys.org . retrieved 4 march 2015 . special commendation electric avenue . the engineer . retrieved 4 march 2015 . yasa motors for hybrid vehicles . www.yasamotors.com . retrieved 19 january 2016 . yasa motors standard electric axial flux motors yasa 750 yasa 400 . yasa motors . retrieved 4 march 2015 . yasa motors hybridisation integrated electric motor and engine applications . yasa motors . retrieved 4 march 2015 . yasa motors p400 series . retrieved 5 february 2016 . application example drive eo pp01 pikes peak hill climb . yasa motors . retrieved 4 march 2015 . yasa motors work for jaguar land rover recognised . yasa motors . retrieved 4 march 2015 . koenigsegg charges forward with 1 500 hp regera hybrid hypercar w video . autoblog.com . retrieved 4 march 2015 . the drayson racing fia world land speed record . yasa motors . retrieved 4 march 2015 . britain claims electric land speed record . bbc . retrieved 4 march 2015 . drayson racing electric car sets new world speed record . bbc news . retrieved 4 march 2015 . yasa motors . yasa releases new motor and generator products for serial production . . www.yasamotors.com . retrieved 15 october 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yasa motors & oldid 740669312 categories engineering companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 2009hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 14 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view