Electric Motor Startup Plans To Make Fort Worth An Advanced Manufacturing Center

Arlington TX

23 March, 2022

4:26 PM

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By Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report March 22, 2022 Fort Worth has long been a center of manufacturing. From Bell Helicopter to Lockheed's massive plant on the city's west side that dates back to World War II, manufacturing has been a mainstay of the economy. Now an innovative electric motor manufacturer — Linear Labs — hopes to add to that legacy as it starts production on a high torque, efficient electric motor and drive system. The motors are currently aimed at the light electric vehicle industry that includes smaller mobility vehicles such as e-bikes, golf carts, small utility trucks and neighborhood electric vehicles that might be used for short trips. But that is just a start for the much larger vision for CEO and co-founder Brad Hunstable. "Fifty percent of the world's electricity passes through some type of electric motor. If you can impact that, even just a small fraction is a big impact on energy, which in my thesis ultimately helps with human suffering, " said Hunstable, during a tour of the manufacturing plant currently located in an industrial park at 2600 NE Loop 820. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.