BorgWarner has introduced a brand new contract with a significant Chinese language EV producer for its electrical motors. The awarded motor contains a platform-based design, which BorgWarner says is suitable with a variety of EV fashions.
The electrical motor incorporates BorgWarner’s ultra-short hairpin welding course of. The corporate says that this course of reduces end-turn top, leading to a extra compact construction and improved house utilization—concerns related for producers working to optimize packaging in high-density EV drivetrain environments.
To deal with rising demand for electrical motors in China, BorgWarner has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Wuhu municipal authorities for a brand new manufacturing facility devoted to electrical drive methods. In response to BorgWarner, the Wuhu plant is nearing operation and can embrace clever manufacturing traces able to producing a number of motor platforms on shared traces—an method supposed to extend manufacturing capability and assist scaled supply to automobile producers.
“We’re happy with the continued progress of our electrical motor enterprise in China. Our partnership with this buyer spans practically a decade,” mentioned Dr. Stefan Demmerle, Vice President and President and Normal Supervisor of PowerDrive Programs.
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