Boosting electric and hybrid vehicle mileage

SKF eDrive Ball Bearing
The new SKF eDrive Ball Bearing, based on the SKF Energy Efficient (E2) deep groove ball bearing design, addresses the specific requirements of high power density electric motors for electric and hybrid vehicles. The new bearing enables lower levels of friction and generates less heat, supporting higher electric motor efficiency and resulting in increased vehicle mileage and battery life as well as extended motor and battery reliability. Its innovative design...
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Stay current with SKF. This section on Evolution Online contains news about awards, projects and developments at the company.

Customer feedback

Bombardier Transportation has awarded the SKF Group a Sustainable Supplier Award for integrating corporate social responsibility in its business principles...

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The UN of Ferris wheels

The amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden, does not have the world’s largest Ferris wheel, but since July 2012 it...

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Ferrari partnership

Ferrari’s racing team division, Scuderia Ferrari, and SKF are in the longest uninterrupted partnership in Formula 1 history. This winning...

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Winning formula

On 13–15 July, the team from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, won the Formula Student motorsport competition in...

SKF Nautilus bearing

Recent product launches

SKF Nautilus bearings SKF has extended its range of Nautilus bearings. These specially designed double-row tapered roller bearings increase the options...

Divested distribution

US-based company Applied Industrial Technologies has bought SKF’s distribution organization in Australia and New Zealand (SKF Bearing Supplies Pty Ltd....

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Special team sponsorship

A team of intellectually disabled French young people was sponsored by SKF to play in the Kim Källström Trophy/Gothia Cup...

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SKF becomes a Climate Saver

SKF has partnered with WWF in its ­Climate Savers programme, which requires the company to follow aggressive targets for reducing...

General Bearing Corporation to join SKF

SKF has signed an agreement to acquire New York-based General Bearing Corporation (GBC) for about 125 million US dollars (94...