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Question 16 of 21

Does temperature affect it? Does it need air conditioning?

A closed liquid-cooling loop handles the heat, so it needs no building-scale climate control.

Michael Pratt, CEO · Pulsar demo, 23 Sep

The full answer

Because the rotor spins in a vacuum, it cannot be air-cooled. The bearings and motor-generator sit on a closed liquid-cooling loop instead, a bit like an air-conditioning unit. The design does not need the building-scale climate control that large battery installations use. The operating temperature range will be confirmed in testing.

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