Project to make power electronics for in wheel motors
Protean Electric is leading a £5.5m (€6.5m) project to develop a production line for in wheel motors (IWM)
The PULSE (Power electronics Upscale for Localisation and Sustainable Electrification) project with Unipart Manufacturing will develop a pilot line for production of the power electronics for the Protean in wheel motors for electric vehicles.
Unipart will bring decades of advanced manufacturing expertise to create a first-of-its-kind flexible assembly line, that can build a mixture of inverters and converters, including Viritech’s advanced DC/DC 800V converter. The collaboration builds on sensor technology from Transense and magnet recycling processes from Hypromag. The IWM technology will further improve efficiency and sustainability through research from Coventry University and the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG).
The funding comes from a Collaborative Research and Development grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC).
Andrew Whitehead, Chief Executive Officer of Protean Electric, said, “We are thrilled that project PULSE has been selected by the APC and the new Government, as it supports Protean to continue to lead electric vehicle innovation from our UK development centre. Protean’s state-of-the-art in-wheel motors are a key solution to improve range, user experience and most importantly affordability of electric vehicles.”
Protean Electric has over 320 patents across 75 patent families with operations in the UK, China, Turkey and the USA and is part of the BEDEO Group.
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