Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Airbus and Toshiba partner on superconductivity research for the aircraft of the future.

Toshiba and Airbus are developing a 2-megawatt superconducting electric motor that would be lighter and more efficient.

Together we are designing a new kind of superconductive motor. It includes: superconducting coils that prevent energy loss, a cryogenic cooling system using hydrogen (cooled to -250°C, a thermal insulated chamber
and a cryogenic motor controller.

The superconducting rotor includes superconducting coils
and rotating cryogenic cooling.

More info: airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-10-airbus-and-toshiba-to-partner-on-superconductivity-research