PML Flightlink (previously Primted Motors Ltd)was a Hampshire based firm specialising in the design and manufacture of "pancake" (flat) electric motors.
The company operated for over 30 years in a number of markets including defense, aerospace, mobility, motion control, processing and printing.
[1] In 2006, they demonstrated an in-wheel electric motor for cars called the Hi-Pa Drive at the British Motor Show in London, using a Mini dubbed the "Mini QED.
"[2][3] Two other car manufacturers have also presented concept cars using this technology: Volvo in its Volvo ReCharge, and Ford with a Ford F150 pick-up prototype presented at the 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
After the court case, PML was split in two in 2009: Protean Electric continue to develop automotive in-wheel motor applications of the Hi-Pa Drive; and Printed Motor Works design and manufacture Printed Armature/Pancake electric motors, joysticks and drive systems.