TM4 JV Prestolite Electric Propulsion Systems launches production at its Chinese facility

26 November 2014

Prestolite Electric Propulsion Systems (PEPS) has officially launched production at its new factory in Beijing. PEPS is a joint venture between TM4, a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, and Prestolite Electric (Beijing) Limited (PEBL).

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The automated PEPS production line currently has a monthly capacity of 200 electric motors and power electronics modules. In 2015, the company will increase its capacity to 500 units per month to meet demand. PEPS has also set up facilities to test, validate and optimize its products.

Leveraging TM4’s licensed technologies, PEPS develops, manufactures and markets high-end hybrid and electric motor systems for the sustainable mobility market. Its product line includes motors, generators, inverters and vehicle control units for 6–18 meter buses, commercial vehicles, heavy machinery and river watercraft.

Several Chinese manufacturers are already using PEPS products and buses equipped with these technologies have been exported to countries such as Germany and Taiwan.

PEPS attributes its growth and development largely to the support it has received from Hydro-Québec and Chinese authorities, in particular the Beijing municipal government, the governments of Tongzhou and Songzhuang, the Beijing Commission of Economy and Information Technology, the Beijing Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Municipal Bus Company, as well as Foton AUV Bus and its other customers and suppliers.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, TM4 was created in 1998 to market the electric propulsion technology developed by Hydro-Québec’s research institute, IREQ.