APEX - Advanced Power Electronics for eXtreme e-machines

“APEX将英国在电力电子领域的领先研究与超高速开关磁阻电机设计和新颖的热管理解决方案结合在一起，为适用于高性能车辆的电力驱动系统提供了突破。该驱动器的设计将超越最新的永磁电机性能，同时消除对稀土磁铁和铜绕组的需求，提供一个既具有成本效益又可回收的封装，在其使用寿命结束时广泛适用于各种车型和市场。与宾利汽车和纽卡斯尔大学密切合作，The Thinking Pod Innovations和Advanced Electric Machines Research将加速他们的技术进入市场，同时确保他们从设计的最初阶段就专注于满足汽车设计验证计划的所有要求。凭借世界级的设计能力和在大批量电机制造方面无与伦比的经验，APEX将与英国供应商合作，提供具有成本效益的原型，并建立供应链，以支持批量生产，到2030年，每年的市场机会将超过5.25亿英镑。

"APEX brings leading edge UK research in power electronics together with ultra-high speed, switched reluctance electric machine design and novel thermal management solutions, to deliver a breakthrough in electric drive systems suitable for high performance vehicles.The drive will be designed to exceed latest permanent magnet motor performance while removing the need for both rare-earth magnets and copper windings -- delivering a package which is both cost effective and recyclable at its end of life and widely applicable across vehicle types and markets.Working closely with Bentley Motors and University of Newcastle, The Thinking Pod Innovations and Advanced Electric Machines Research will accelerate their technologies towards market readiness while ensuring they are focused on meeting all of the requirements of an automotive design verification plan from the earliest stage of design.Building on world class design capabilities and unsurpassed experience in high volume motor manufacturing, APEX will work with UK based suppliers to deliver cost effective prototypes and establish supply chains which can support volume production enabling a market opportunity worth over £525M a year by 2030\."