Israeli motor tech firm EVR Motors, operating in India under a 100%-subsidiary – I.EVR Motors Pvt Ltd – is commissioning a greenfield plant for trapezoidal geometry coils in the country that will begin operations in Q2 CY2024. With this, EVR Motors will become the first Israeli automotive firm to have manufacturing operations in India.
The 15,000 sq.ft. highly automated, verticalized plant is slated to come up in Manesar, boasting an initial monthly capacity of 2-3 lakh coils, servicing ~20,000 motors a month. With EV market demand rising, the same could be expanded to ~100,000 motors.
With South India becoming a burgeoning hub for e-mobility, EVR Motors is also eyeing a coil manufacturing hub in this region, with the Karnataka capital being a potential port of call. “EV-makers want to be near suppliers. Without pushing too much of capacity utilisation for the Manesar facility, we would want to move that to Bengaluru, whenever the time is right,” hinted Sajal Kishore, Managing Director – EVR Motors, India, without divulging further details.
Elaborating on the company’s plans, he said, “We are an end-to-end PMSM (permanent-magnet synchronous motor) radial flux technology provider, and our plan in India is specifically to offer motors. At present, however, motor production has been licensed to various Tier-I manufacturers here, who can make all components except the coil, which will be made by us. Hence, we become a Tier-II to the Tier-Is, whose motors will be supplied to OEMs.”
The coil, made from copper, is a critical component in electric motors, which in turn will go on board EVs. Due to its shape, it boasts of a high copper fill factor of over 50%, rendering the motor to remain compact. Eventually, the coil’s role is to create flux in the motor, to interplay with its magnetics, thus aiding it to rotate efficiently.
“We are trying to address two challenges. First, OEMs want more space in their vehicles, and thus expect smaller motors, which will also shrink the overall product cost. We are addressing this through our small high-power torque-dense motors (Eg. a 6.5-kg motor can dish out over 14 kW power). Second, we are addressing the need for modularity. With our motor, we can start at 48 volts, and go up to over 400, without changing any major component within the system, except for the coil to modulate the voltage. Without any major system changes, we can offer varied voltages for the same motor,” Kishore said.
Meanwhile, the coil from the company’s Manesar plant and the motors from its Tier-Is will also serve EVR Motors’ global clientele.
