Powertrain Engineering
POWERTRAIN
Hybrid Powertrain Design
A hybrid architecture built around in-house axial-flux motors. Every figure here is a design target, not a measured result.
Schubert Motors is a concept-stage company. The powertrains described here are design work — CAD, simulation, and target specifications — not vehicles that have been built or tested. Founder Evan Schubert has been designing axial-flux motors since 2009; the Schubox V-2 motor is the core of that work. The numbers below are the goals we are engineering toward, and we will publish real figures only once hardware runs.
The Flagship Target
CYCLOTIS HYBRID SYSTEM
The Cyclotis is the flagship concept: a target of 2,000 combined horsepower from a 1,200 hp twin-turbo 4.5-liter flat-plane V8 paired with four 200 hp Schubox V-2 axial-flux motors. These are design targets — the car is a digital concept, not a running prototype.
The flat-plane crank layout is chosen for a symmetrical exhaust manifold and high-rev character. A hot-V twin-turbo placement — turbos mounted inside the V — shortens the intake path. Whether the packaging holds up is exactly the kind of thing a first prototype has to prove.
First running prototype is a 2027 target. Until then, every power and torque number is intent, not achievement.
Specifications
In-House Electric Design
SCHUBOX AXIAL-FLUX MOTORS
The Schubox V-2 axial-flux motor is the electric side of the architecture — the product of design work Evan has carried since 2009, first in CAD and simulation. Axial-flux geometry is chosen for high power density in a thin package.
The motors are still design-stage. Torque curves, thermal limits, and continuous-versus-peak ratings are simulation targets that hardware testing will confirm or correct.
The 200 hp per-motor figure used across the concept fleet is a target output, not a bench-verified result.
Specifications
Eighteen Concepts, In Development
THE REST OF THE FLEET
Beyond the Cyclotis, the fleet is eighteen digital concept designs — cars like the GT-1, Foundry 427, Velma, Ember, Ironside, Noctus, and Summit. Their powertrains are in development; we are not publishing horsepower or torque figures for them because none of it has been validated.
The intent is a range of hybrid performance cars sharing the axial-flux motor work, built out honestly and shown in public as they progress.
When a specific car's powertrain is locked and tested, its numbers go here — and not before.