Magna Dual Motor Rear Drive Unit Packs 8000 NM Of Torque

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On the CES present in Las Vegas in January, Magna, the world’s largest Tier One provider to the automotive sector, introduced a brand new electrical drive motor for electrical automobiles that’s smaller, lighter and extra environment friendly than any unit beforehand manufactured by the corporate. The brand new drive system weighs 75 kg (165 lbs). It’s 20 % smaller in peak and is as much as 93 % environment friendly in actual world driving circumstances.

The brand new motor can be utilized to drive both the entrance or rear wheels of a car and might be turned 90 levels to enhance system integration within the entrance and rear of the car. This can be a “additional growth that’s distinctive within the {industry},” Magna mentioned. An optionally available decoupling unit can also be obtainable to disconnect the unit when it isn’t required.

Now, Magna says it has received an order to provide its eDS Duo rear wheel drive system for the excessive finish car platform of a North American OEM. The 800 volt system can ship as much as 726 kW (973 hp) of energy and 8000 NM (5900 ft-lbs) of torque. Whereas Magna has not recognized the client, its announcement did say it’s “rising its electrification buyer base.”

That implies the client in query has not but ordered any EV elements from Magna, That guidelines out Ford, which cooperates intently with Magna. Common Motors can also be an necessary buyer; Magna manufactures the battery housings for the GMC Hummer EV, for instance. So who else may it’s?

Magna And Stellantis?

Hmmm, it appears the parents at Dodge have provided numerous hints that its electrical automobiles can have oodles of tire smoking torque. 8000 NM would definitely mild up the rear tires of an electric Charger or Challenger in advantageous model. As well as, the Ram REVolution electrical pickup truck may additionally profit from that a lot torque to spice up its towing capability. Maybe the Magna eDS Duo is the brand new Hemi for the twenty first century?

Whoever the client is, it has ordered a variant of Magna’s 800V eDS Duo. Because the title suggests, the unit integrates two electrical motors, two inverters and two gearboxes in a single package deal. So though that is supposed to energy the rear axle of a car, every wheel has its personal motor. That eliminates the necessity for a differential and opens numerous potentialities for torque vectoring — sending solely the quantity of energy wanted to every rear wheel to keep away from tire slippage.

Magna says it’s answerable for the design of the transmission and housing, the cooling system and the mixing of the electrical motors and inverters “to make sure reliability, effectivity, and steady energy ranges.” The drives might be constructed on the Magna plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, staring in 2025.

“We’re devoted to helping our prospects of their transition to electrification by offering them with industry-leading electrified platforms for a sustainable, emission-free future,” says Diba Ilunga, President Magna Powertrain. “This award displays our experience in electrical powertrain system engineering and integration, in addition to our collaborative strategy with a extremely valued buyer to ship cutting-edge options.”

When Magna introduced the following technology of its 800-volt eDrive system at CES in early January, the Duo with two full drive items in a single housing was not talked about. Apparently the order has been finalized since then. Electrical motors are champions at delivering gobs of torque in small packages, and so the EV revolution will quickly roll ahead one other notch.