Weight saving has come from several directions.
For example, the stator is of cobalt-iron alloy for high magnetisability, and the permanent magnets of the rotor are in a Halbach array – a way of stacking magnets to get all the flux on one side of the stack – so flux is directed with minimal use of material.
- See more at: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/power/siemens-electric-airplane-motor-2015-04/