Leroy-Somer has a long history of involvement with the development of electric vehicles.
In 1995, the company participated in the launch of the Peugeot 106 Electric, equipped with a D.C. motor and separate excitation. This technology offered the advantage of maximum motor torque even at low speeds. At the time, the Peugeot 106 Electric took part, in the town of La Rochelle (France), in the largest-ever experiment in Europe to develop a fleet of self-service electric vehicles. This was a proper large-scale test for both manufacturers and equipment manufacturers.

In applications for battery voltages between 24 and 450 V, several technologies are used such as asynchronous motors with frequency inverters, or more recently permanent magnet synchronous motors. These permanent magnet technologies offer new opportunities in terms of efficiency, performance, compact size and noise levels.

There is enormous scope for the use of electric motors in vehicles:

• Traction for light vehicles and quadricycles, heavy quadricycles, tricycles, utility vehicles
• Traction for cars and hybrid vehicles
• Refrigeration in lorries
• Air conditioning in buses
• Electrification of boats, etc

Leroy-Somer is actively involved in the development of a number of customised projects, including design studies, prototypes, pre-production and mass production.

To meet this challenge, the company has set up a multi-skilled centre of excellence dedicated to electric vehicles, whose design office includes specialists who are fully au fait with the quality standards insisted on by the car industry.

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