Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

city car concept, shown at the Tokyo motorshow, is powered by an electric drive system from Zytek that employs a range of new design approaches to minimize the cost, weight and size of the powertrain while maximizing the performance and range. —Steve Tremble, Zytek sales and marketing director. Yamaha’s new MOTIV.e

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

Major elements of the new Zytek EV powertrain: inverter and power electronics (top); transmission (middle); and the air-cooled motor (right). UK-based Zytek Automotive is developing a third-generation electric vehicle powertrain. Zytek Automotive managing director Neil Heslington. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The huge push state side to embrace green cars may adopt a distinctly British influence when Zytek, a specialist in electric vehicle drivetrains, provides its advanced technology for a new US Government-backed electric commercial vehicle programme.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Zytek has unveiled a fully engineered, electric version of the Mercedes A-Class that it developed in just ten weeks. Designed to demonstrate the capability of the company’s production-ready 55kW E-Drive electric powertrain, the five-seat electric family car project is a Zytek in-house activity and is entirely independent of Mercedes-Benz.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

All this is made possible by a powerful 30kW electric motor which is built for us by Zytek Automotive. The trial lasts for 4 years and customers are leasing the vehicles at a monthly cost of £375. The smart ed has no gear change and can reach 30 mph in 6.5 It has an electronically limited top speed of 60 mph.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The partners include Zytek Automotive, GKN Driveline, Motor Design Limited, AVL, Drive System Design, Williams Advanced Engineering, Delta Motorsport, Tata Steel, Bristol University, Cranfield University and Newcastle University. Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4 million (US$6.3 billion (US$4.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2015

A multi-speed transmission allows the motor to run at lower speed, thereby eliminating the field weakening power loss (worth 10-15% reduction in power consumption) but also allowing the power electronics and motor to be smaller and lower cost. The consortium was supported by the universities of Bristol, Cranfield and Newcastle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

While reducing cost and packaging volume, the compromise is reduced efficiency and performance, according to the partners. Though more complex than a single-speed transmission, the cost and weight of the multi-speed system compares favorably to a conventional gearbox because it requires no clutch or synchronizers. —Paul Taylor.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range. This must be some kind of private venture. There are already about 300 of them being leased on a trial basis.

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