Leading automotive technology company, Sona Comstar, has announced its strategic partnership with Enedym, a Hamilton, Ontario, Canada based technology company that develops next-generation switched reluctance motors (SRMs), electric propulsion, and electrified powertrains.
Under the agreement, the parties will develop SRM drive platforms for Indian road and usage conditions targeting 3-wheeler electric vehicles and 2-wheeler high-performance motorcycles having 10kW or greater nominal power and 4-wheeler cargo delivery electric vehicles having 20kW or greater nominal power, a communication from the technology company stated.
Enedym will also license its SRM technologies to Sona Comstar to manufacture the drive motors, controllers, and drivetrains for the target applications exclusively in India. The serial production of these systems is likely to commence in 2023, the release added.
Kiran M Deshmukh, Group CTO, Sona Comstar, said, “This partnership opens doors for us to the inventions developed by Dr Ali Emadi and his research group at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre, McMaster University.”
Enedym’s novel switched reluctance motors with advanced acoustic noise control will help the company offer high-efficiency and high-performance magnet-less motors to its discerning customers, he added.
The Canada based technology company has developed novel families of next-generation SRMs with improved efficiencies, power density, and performance for varied applications. In addition, by taking the permanent magnets out, its novel SRMs have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of propulsion motors, it added.
Besides, it also offers significant advantages like a low-cost and straightforward structure, high efficiency at high speeds, fault-tolerant operations and suitability for operating in harsh environments and high-temperature conditions, the release added.
Dr Ali Emadi, Founder, President and CEO, Enedym, said, “This collaboration will effectively bridge the gap between supplying next-generation SRM motor technologies by Enedym, which require no rare earth metals, reduce cost significantly through advanced digitisation, and achieve class leading performance, with a trusted and highly capable partner, Sona Comstar, to supply highly engineered automotive systems and components to OEMs.”
Electric three-wheelers are at the forefront of the vehicle electrification transition in India and, therefore, combined efforts will have a significant impact in terms of sustainability, efficiency, cost reduction, and performance improvements, he added.