Interview: Evolito chief technology officer Marc Holme
Aerospace pioneer Evolito recently appointed a new CTO, Marc Holme, to advance its sustainable aviation mission. Ellie McCann reports.
Evolito has already marked itself as an innovator in electric aviation with the development of its axial-flux electric motors, power electronics, and battery solutions. The Bicester-based company has been working on sustainable solutions for aerospace applications since 2021, when it was hived off from automotive company YASA.
Founded in 2006, YASA was a spin-out from Oxford University following the PhD of founder Dr Tim Woolmer, who believed that small, powerful and efficient electric motors were the future of automotive. Since then, YASA has developed an alternative – known as axial flux technology - to the legacy radial motors that the majority of EVs use today.
The company now supplies world-leading sports car manufacturers with ‘innovative powertrain solutions based around its axial flux electric motors,’ including Ferrari, which was its first OEM customer in volume production, and Mercedes-Benz, who acquired YASA as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2021.
Evolito has adopted both YASA’s technology and its passion for a sustainable future, and the company’s newly appointed CTO, Marc Holme, hopes to continue its advancement to all-electric aviation.
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