Published in:
01-11-2020 | Development
Scalable Electric Drive Unit for Multifunctional Vehicles
Authors:
Markus Merkel, Friedrich Mäckle, Norbert Schmidt, Sebastian Reusch
Published in:
ATZheavy duty worldwide
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Issue 4/2020
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Excerpt
The opportunities offered by electric mobility apply not only to passenger cars, but also to multi-functional vehicles used in urban areas, as they contribute a large proportion to noise and air pollution. To explore this market, a German consortium is developing a scalable electric drive unit for multifunctional vehicles. The development consortium consists of the medium-sized companies Max Holder, Groschopp, REFU Drive and Nantis, the University of Stuttgart and the Universities of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf and Aalen. They are embedded in the e-mobility network managed by the innovation consultancy EurA AG. …