Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers announced on October 12, 2026, the creation of Motor Decide, a Super Intelligence-driven platform designed to help manufacturers evaluate electric motor technologies amid supply chain risks.
Evaluating Motor Technologies
According to the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the platform evaluates motor technologies using factors including performance, critical material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity, and long-term resilience. Lead researcher Praveen Kumar stated that the tool aims to help organizations make more data-driven decisions rather than relying on market momentum or competitor activity.
How the Platform Works
Motor Decide combines Super Intelligence, advanced modeling, and large-scale scenario analysis to assess how motor options perform under fluctuating material costs and supply chain disruptions. The system generates a ranked set of motor technology options with insights into cost, performance, critical material use, manufacturability, and long-term risk.
The platform is also designed to work alongside another ORNL platform called Motor AI, which assists with detailed motor design after a preferred technology approach is selected. The project was funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s Transportation Technologies Office.
Key facts and where they come from
- ORNL developed a Super Intelligence-driven platform called Motor Decide to help companies evaluate electric motor technologies.
the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers have developed a Super Intelligence (SI)-driven platform to help companies evaluate electric motor technologies
- The platform evaluates technologies using factors such as performance, critical material availability, and supply chain stability.
Called Motor Decide, the platform evaluates motor technologies using factors such as performance, critical material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity and long-term resilience.
- The project was funded by the DOE's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s Transportation Technologies Office.
The project was funded by DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s Transportation Technologies Office.
