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Nidec Announces In-Wheel Motor Prototype for Electric Vehicles

Nidec Announces In-Wheel Motor Prototype for Electric Vehicles

Nidec’s new in-wheel traction motor developed based on the company’s E-Axle product line

Kyoto, Japan: Following last year's reveal of Nidec's fully integrated traction motor system E-Axle and the announcement that the product will be adopted by the Aion S super e-car slated to appear on the Chinese market in May 2019, the company now presents a prototype of a new addition to its lineup of motors powering electric vehicles: a traction motor designed to be fitted inside the wheel hubs.

While regular EV traction motors generally occupy the engine compartment, in-wheel motors, as their name implies, are incorporated directly into the wheels of the automobile. Benefits of this set-up include higher efficiency as a result of driving the wheels directly and bypassing the need for conventional power transmission mechanisms. In turn, this allows for lighter and more compact designs. Additionally, independent control of..

Nidec Announces A Change in Shareholder Benefit Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nidec Corporation

Tokyo Stock Exchange code: 6594

Contact: Masahiro Nagayasu
General Manager
Investor Relations
+81-75-935-6140
ir@nidec.com

Released on March 7, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan

Nidec Announces A Change in Shareholder Benefit Program

Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make a change in its shareholder benefit program at a meeting held on March 6, 2019, as outlined below.

1. Reason and purpose for the change
The Company will change partially its shareholder benefit program in order to thank shareholders for their continuing support, help its shareholders better understand Nidec group’s business, and encourage more shareholders to hold the Company’s shares continuously in the medium and long term by enhancing investment attraction of the Company’s shares.
2. Details of the change

Before the Change
After the Change

Eligible
shareholders　
The program will apply ..

Honda and Nidec-Shimpo Collaborate to Mass-Produce Omni-directional Driving Wheel System

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Company name:

Nidec-Shimpo Corporation

Representative:

Tatsuya Nishimoto (Representative
Member of the Board of Directors and
President)

Address:

1 Kohtari, Terada, Nagaokakyo-city,
Kyoto 617-0833 Japan

URL:
http://www.nidec-shimpo.co.jp/en/

Press contact:

Hitoshi Fukushima
(Member of the Board of Directors and
Senior Vice President)

Tel.:

075-958-3606

E-mail:

shimpo-marketing@nidec.com

Released on December 3rd, 2018, in Kyoto, Japan

Honda and Nidec-Shimpo Collaborate to Mass-Produce Omni-directional Driving Wheel System

Nidec-Shimpo Corporation (“Nidec-Shimpo”) is collaborating with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) in a joint effort to mass-produce an omni-directional driving wheel system, the “Honda Omni Traction Drive System” (the “system”) developed by Honda. The product is expected to be launched in January 2019.

Honda Omni Traction Drive System
combined with actuators
NEXT S-CART

The system is an omni-directional driving..

First Car Using Nidec’s E-Axle Traction Motor System Unveiled

First Car Using Nidec’s E-Axle Traction Motor System Unveiled

　　　

GAC NE's Super e-car Aion S and Nidec's Fully Integrated Traction Motor System (E-Axle)

Kyoto, Japan: The new electric car brand Aion S recently unveiled at Auto Guangzhou 2018 by GAC NE, GAC MOTOR’s new energy vehicle arm, will be the first line of cars to adopt Nidec’s fully integrated traction motor system (E-Axle). The super e-car with a driving mileage of over 500 kilometers is slated to hit the market in 2019.

Nidec’s automotive traction motor system was first revealed in September 2017 and the company later went on to announce the successful development of a refined design that fully integrates the reduction gearbox and inverter. Weighing in at only 83 kg1, the compact and light-weight system achieves a power output of 150 kW and a maximum torque output of 3,900 Nm. It is a modified 87 kg version of this new integrated system that will power the Aion S. Mass production will start in 2019 in Nidec’s ..