A few days ago,announced that it has secured a funding round of $4.5 million mainly from Science Inc. and Kindred Ventures with participation from investors Chris and Crystal Sacca, Ryan Graves of Saltwater Ventures, Dynamic Signal CEO Russ Fradin, Masergy Executive Chairman and former-CEO Chris MacFarland, as well as Ustream co-founder Dr. Gyula Feher.will use this funding to commercialize a new electric motor technology - the Hunstable Electric Turbine (HET). It uses multiple rotors in unusual ways so they have the ability to adapt to conditions while in motion. Currently, the most widely used electric motor by EV is the permanent magnet type. Compared to it, HET produces two times the torque density, three times the power density, two times the output per given motor size and minimum 10% more range. It even removes the need for a gearbox, reducing manufacturers' production costs and increasing efficiency throughout the speed range. Linear Labs currently has 50 filed patents, 21 of which are issued with 29 patents pending."The holy grail in electric motors has always been high torque and no gearbox, and the HET achieves both in a smaller, lighter and more efficient package that is more powerful than traditional motors," said Fred Hunstable, CTO of Linear Labs."We're thrilled to be investing in Linear Labs, which has applications that can impact nearly everything taxing our global needs," said Peter Pham, co-founder of Science Inc. "The Linear Labs HET motor has variable speed and twice the torque while using less voltage, which means it can help electric cars have better range and reduced productions costs, power electric scooters to go up hills and have longer battery life, and switch ACs to single stage motors that shut on and off to hold a temperature. We're excited to see what they accomplish next."Currently, there are four types of electric motors that have been adopted by commercially available all-electric vehicles. Two of them are the most used ones. All are coupled to an automatic single-speed reduction gearbox. The first is theused by Kia Soul EV Volkswagen e-Golf and e-Up! . The second is theused by Tesla on all Model S and Model X variants. Tesla Model 3 uses a