Electric vehicle powered by Hydro-Québec

Products developed and marketed by Hydro-Québec subsidiaries TM4 and AVESTOR, combined with Dassault and Heuliez know-how, will make it possible to develop a primarily electric vehicle that meets market expectations. Hydro-Québec will provide the drive system, including the electric drive train and the lithium-metal-polymer (LMP) battery. Dassault and Heuliez are completing the electric vehicle prototype, which will be presented in a few months. The first markets targeted are commercial and institutional fleets in Europe and North America.

Serge Dassault and Gérard Quéveau pointed out that they are very satisfied with the performance of the products developed by Hydro-Québec and went on to say “We intend to keep these components in the electric vehicle we are developing and will be presenting in the coming months. With this technology, we are very confident we will succeed in implementing an electric vehicle in Europe, a market with excellent near-term growth potential.” 

André Caillé strongly affirmed that “Hydro-Québec showed just how creative and daring it is by offering automobile manufacturers technology adapted to the needs of the electric vehicle market and I am very proud of this success. SVE experts assessed worldwide electric drive offerings and selected products from our subsidiaries. I am personally convinced of the future of electric vehicles and wish to thank our partners who, through the credibility and effort they bring, will lead us to success with this project.”

TM4 and AVESTOR Products:
a decade of R&D and productization efforts give results

Over the past decade, Hydro-Québec has developed unique expertise in manufacturing an electric vehicle drive system comprising motor, battery and power electronics. Building on the invention by Hydro-Québec’s IREQ research team of the motor-wheel, what remains to our day a technological revolution, TM4 has developed a ground-breaking product line offering, at a very competitive price, the top-performing central electric motor on today’s market.

Through its initiatives in this area, Hydro-Québec has taken a major step in providing high-performance products that help make Québec a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, a major environmental issue of planetary scope. Hydropower and the breakthrough of the electric vehicle will help achieve the goals of the Kyoto protocol. 

To learn more about Hydro-Québec and about electric-vehicle-related products from TM4 and AVESTOR, visit the following Web sites (www.hydroquebec.com) (http://www.avestor.com/automotiveev.ch2)  (www.tm4.com) (www.hqcapitech.com/seve).

To learn more about SVE and about the French companies Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault and Groupe Henri Heuliez, visit the following Web sites (www.dassault.fr) (www.heuliez.com).

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