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MV Agusta ' s restructuring has been completed following the final decision of the settlement with the creditors under Italian law (" Concordato Preventivo in Continuità Aziendale "). In its judgment of December 29 , 2022 , the court in Varese declared the proceedings to be over . The judges had previously determined that all outstanding debts to creditors and all obligations arising from the settlement had been settled in full . The company explicitly points out that this result was only possible thanks to the strong commitment of the Sardarov family . Four years ago , the Russians took control of the company and have provided financial support since the settlement began in 2017 . Since then , more than € 180m has gone into restructuring business practices , paying off all debt , supporting MV Agusta ' s day-to-day operations and ensuring a solid business plan for future growth . In November 2022 , KTM AG , a subsidiary of PIERER Mobility AG , took a 25.1 % stake in MV Agusta Motor SpA as part of a capital increase and thus holds a blocking minority stake . ( B & B )
Never slow to spot an opportunity , Philadelphia based Comoto has jumped in to be title sponsor of the 2023 AMA National Adventure Riding Series with its Revzilla retail brand . " The series currently offers 13 two-day events across the country and is designed to meet the needs of adventure riders looking to explore offroad terrain on their motorcycles ," says AMA COO James Holter . " Revzilla ' s involvement increases much needed and valuable support for the AMA and our chartered organizations that deliver challenging and inspiring events for adventure riders across the country ."
Long-Time EV Proponent Mike Corbin Blazes a New Trail in Rotational Power
Long considered the Holy Grail of clean energy , the elusive magnet motor has remained more the fodder of legend than the future of energy . That may have changed now that California startup Motoflux Inc . has announced a functional proof-ofconcept motor that generates rotational energy directly from permanent magnets . Founded by motorcycle and EV industry veteran Mike Corbin , this milestone marks what is sure to become a paradigm shift in motor development and green power . " The idea of Motoflux is that we want to extract power from the force stored
' the Motoflux principle is now available for license '
in permanent magnets . The Motoflux principle gives us a way to get a magnetic field to rotate and give us torque ," says Mr . Corbin . The Corbin Motoflux principle uses a unique , three-component design incorporating a radial director that distorts the magnetic lines of flux in the armature . As the flux lines seek to shorten and tighten , the armature is drawn forward to the next closest pole tip of the stator .
As a result , the Motoflux device has shown a torque output increase of 4- 25 times over input . These gains , Mr . Corbin explains , are produced solely from the power of the permanent magnets inside the Motoflux motor . Requiring a significantly lower level of energy input to operate , the Motoflux motor consumes a fraction of the power required by current electric motor designs and therefore needs less energy storage . With more than two million electric cars already on the road in the U . S . and the potential for lowcost stationary generators , the environmental implications are staggering . " Think of the potential of removing most of the battery mass of all those electric cars and minimizing the carbon footprint ( of battery production ). " Imagine the contribution Motoflux can make to the dilemmas we have now with rolling blackouts in California . They actually mandated the sale of electric vehicles , and then they ask you not to charge them on weekends !"
The Motoflux principle is now available for license , so motor engineers around the world can design highly efficient powerplants for their specific needs . As the next logical step in the evolution of motor design , this groundbreaking powerplant offers simple , highly scalable manufacturing with minimal component . www . corbin . com
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