Sustainable mobility: the Italian technological challenge An innovative paradigm for a new vehicles' generation" A small big revolution: Ansaldo Electric Drives Franco Zanzi, Daniela Baratta, Francesca Rovereto Hannover, 19/04/2010
Introduction Market Start up after early demos, commercial vehicles and buses first Ansaldo Electric Drive Main challenge to the industry : Drive Train Solution availability at industrial prices and quality levels Source: Global Insight, Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles 2009 2
Ansaldo Electric Drives: Group Structure Ansaldo Electric Drives is an Ansaldo Energia Company, part of Finmeccanica group 100% Finmeccanica 100% Ansaldo Energia Ansaldo Electric Drives Ansaldo Nucleare Ansaldo Thomassen Ansaldo ESG 3
Ansaldo Electric Drives: Mission Ansaldo Electric Drives is the European leader Company in providing traction solutions in the electric drive sector: Supply of a complete range of electric drives and motors Supply, together with highly qualified partners, of complete solutions for electric and hybrid vehicles Provide high quality technical assistance and after sales service. 4
From product supplier to solutions provider Ansaldo Electric Drives can provide complete drive train solutions for hybrid and electric vehicles, including: Inverters Control software Motor/generators Battery systems Reduction gear boxes Independent suspensions 5
An Example - ELIDA System ELIDA (ELectric( Independent Drive Axle): is a complete solution from the integration of Streparava independent suspension and AED drive train Applications (6-8 8 ton): Busses LCV Trucks Garbage vehicles 6
Core Products (1/2) Drives (Inverters + Motors) Ansaldo Electric Drives products are based upon innovative solutions and well proven and consolidated technologies: induction motor, IGBT inverter, microprocessor control and liquid cooling system, with fully in house developed proprietary software. 7
Core Products (2/2) Control and Software Optimal integration of the drive with the vehicle starting from customer functional requirements Control software integrated directly into the inverter, fully developed in house. Comunication with the vehicle based upon CAN bus protocols and optimized with: Internal Combustion Engine Control Electronic Brake System Battery Managment System 8
Manufacturing A fully qualified supply chain for all key components dominate the Introduction manufacturing process at industrial quality standards Ansaldo Electric Drives Mission Products ELIDA System Core Products Manufaturing Up to date testing facilities allows for complete functional testing Applications and homologation under most demanding conditions in real References environment. 9
Applications AED drive trains can power many different types of vehicles: small city cars small and medium vans, small, medium and large buses up to 18 m for urban transport application. 10
References 1400+ Drives sold from 2001 10 milions of kilometers, with the first 300 units, since 1994 More than 25 different types of electric and hybrid vehicles in the size 7,5-180 Kw nominal power AED main applications 11
Grazie per l attenzione Franco Zanzi CEO franco.zanzi@aen.ansaldo.it 12