DRIVE35 Programme

We’re proud to be one of companies selected for the DRIVE35 programme. The UK Government has announced over £47 million in funding for 33 pioneering automotive projects through the £4 billion DRIVE35 programme, delivered in partnership with the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) and Innovate UK. This support will help us accelerate our rare-earth-free electric […]
Energy & Mobility Award 2026

🏆 Cooled Motors won the Energy & Mobility Award 2026 in Berlin this July. A huge thank you to kopa ventures, InnoEnergy, Enpulse, German Energy Agency (dena), and Greenberg Traurig, LLP for organising and hosting the event. Special thanks to Luis Sperr for creating this valuable platform, Pia Dorfinger for the excellent moderation, and Natalie […]
VivaTech 2026

Cooled Motors has been selected as one of the Top 50 Impact Start-ups to Watch in Europe. The announcement was made at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, one of Europe’s biggest technology events.Who ever nominated us, thank you! Unfortunately, neither Mahir nor Michael could attend VivaTech in person, as we were also tied up with MOVE: […]
EuroMaritime

Its been a busy start to the month with multiple events. Great to attend EUROMARITIME 2026 in Marseille earlier this month. Michael was at EuroMaritime exploring opportunities for our magnetless UniSync motor powering the next generation of inboard and outboard electric boat drives. The conversations were energising. Marine electrification is facing many of the same […]
Imperial Greenhouse Undaunted

Cooled Motors is excited to announce we have been part of the Greenhouse Undaunted program at Imperial College London for the last few months! 🌱 The Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation’s flagship accelerator programme supporting early-stage cleantech start-ups.We appreciate their support on journey to reduce the cost of traction motors for electric/hybrid cars, buses, […]
TRIG 2025

Our CTO, Dr. Mahir Alani, was back at his old stomping ground (University of Nottingham) last year, joining the TRIG 2025 cohort event hosted by Connected Places Catapult and the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom. Mahir shared insights from over 15 years of electric motor design and development and got to learn from other […]
Grant Announcement

Cooled Motors has received the Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) grant, delivered by the UK Department for Transport and Connected Places Catapult and Department for Transport (DFT). The focus of this project is reducing the size and weight of heavy duty electric and hybrid truck motors. This technology will also be directly applicable to electric and […]
HORIBA Collab

At Cooled Motors, we’re proud to be collaborating with HORIBA UK LIMITED on the development of advanced test facilities for next-generation electric powertrains. This month we were inside the Silverstone Museum at the HORIBA UK Annual Automotive & Mobility Event 2025. We were surrounded by decades of motorsport heritage, standing in the shadow of the […]
Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise hub

We’re incredibly excited to announce that Cooled Motors was selected and has been part of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s highly prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub programme! We have also won an equity-free investment through a competitive grant and have been supported by the RAE to accelerate our mission to reduce the size […]
TBAT Finalist

We’re excited to share that Cooled Motors has been named a finalist in the TBAT Innovation Challenge 2025! This recognition highlights the impact of our work in redefining the limits of EV motors, finally solving the rotor heat issue with our patented technology. 50% cheaper, smaller, less magnet motors. Big thanks to our team and […]