Friday 28 June 2019

Japan, China companies to produce in-wheel motors for electric vehicles

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Japan’s Shanghai e-Gle New Energy Automotive Co Ltd and China’s Xiangyang CRRC Electric Machinery Co Ltd (a subsidiary of CRRC Group) have partnered to provide advanced power solutions for the new-energy automobile industry.

The partnership which was announced in ZhuZhou, Hunan Province, China recently will initially begin with the project of producing and selling in-wheel motors to automakers by both companies.

Both companies will start to produce in-wheel motors by 2020 and go into full operation, a year later.

The in-wheel motor system is based on the technology to equip each driving wheel with a motor inside and directly control the body of a vehicle and e-Gle has state-of-the-art technology for the system.

China has already become the world’s largest electric vehicle market, as it has been actively promoting the vehicles with subsidies for car makers and consumers, among other policy measures.

Xiangyang CRRC Electric Machinery is the world’s largest railway car manufacturer based in Hunan, China.

Shanghai e-Gle New Energy Automotive Co Ltd is a subsidiary of e-Gle Co Ltd, based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

-- BERNAMA

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