Borgwarner's eAxle "iDM" Takes Electric Propulsion to a New Level
January 24, 2019 at 06:45 pm IST
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BorgWarner has already entered serial production, the fully integrated drive module (iDM) featuring specially developed power electronics is expected to follow as the next logical step. The product family is available in three different versions (iDM XS, iDM S, iDM M) and is easy to integrate either at the front or the rear axle of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles depending on the architecture and the application. Alongside pure electric vehicles, BorgWarner's solution is also suitable for P4 hybrid vehicles, where the motor is located at the rear axle of the front-wheel-drive vehicle. The solution integrates highly efficient power electronics with an advanced transmission system and drive motor technology featuring BorgWarner's efficient bar wound stator solution to form a scalable compact package. The latest component of the iDM – the integrated, specially developed power electronics – allows a small package, low complexity and minimum losses. In addition, it offers full software functionality with an option for the high-level control of vehicle dynamics and energy management. The software architecture meets current market requirements and is easy to adapt to common platforms like AUTOSAR as well as allowing safety aspects such as ASIL D to be realized. To handle the increasing volume of data exchange within modern vehicle systems, BorgWarner's power electronics can be used with a CAN or a CAN FD bus. The latest component of the iDM – the integrated, specially developed power electronics – allows a small package, low complexity and minimum losses. In addition, it offers full software functionality with an option for the high-level control of vehicle dynamics and energy management. The software architecture meets current market requirements and is easy to adapt to common platforms like AUTOSAR as well as allowing safety aspects such as ASIL D to be realized. To handle the increasing volume of data exchange within modern vehicle systems, BorgWarner's power electronics can be used with a CAN or a CAN FD bus.
BorgWarner Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of automotive equipment. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- air management products (54.6%): turbochargers, timing systems, emissions systems, thermal systems, smart remote actuators, powertrain sensors, canisters, cabin heaters, battery heaters and battery charging products;
- e-propulsion & drivetrain products (30.3%): rotating electrical components, power electronics, control modules, software, friction and mechanical products for automatic transmissions and torque management products;
- gasoline and diesel fuel injection components and systems (15.1%): pumps, injectors, fuel rail assemblies, and complete systems.
At the end of 2023, the group had 79 production and assembly sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (16.4%), Germany (11.8%), Poland (7.9%), Hungary (6.4%), Europe (9.8%), China (21.1%), Mexico (12.4%), South Korea (8.2%) and other (6%).
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