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  • Nidec Mobility Develops the World’s First E-clutch ECU  for Two-wheelers

    Nidec Mobility Develops the World’s First E-clutch ECU for Two-wheelers

    Nidec Mobility Corporation (“Nidec Mobility” or “we”), a Nidec Group company, today announced that it has developed the world-first electric clutch ECU for two-wheel vehicles that enables the rider to shift gears without using the clutch lever when the vehicle’s drive force changes as it starts moving, changes speed, stops, etc.
    Nidec Mobility’s electric clutch ECU for two-wheel vehicles
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  • Nidec Instruments Develops Hydrophilic Coat for Automotive Lenses

    Nidec Instruments Develops Hydrophilic Coat for Automotive Lenses

    Nidec Instruments Corporation (“Nidec Instruments”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, announced today that it has developed hydrophilic coat that improves car drivers’ vision in rainy weather and other environments where automotive cameras’ lenses get wet.


    The unique features of Nidec Instruments’ latest coat include:
    - Newly developed hydrophilic coating on the surfac

  • Nidec and Embraer receive approval for joint venture to develop Electric Propulsion System for aerospace sector

    Nidec and Embraer receive approval for joint venture to develop Electric Propulsion System for aerospace sector

    Kyoto, Japan, October 6th, 2023 - Japan’s Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594; OTC US: NJDCY) and Brazil’s Embraer (B3: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ) welcome the unconditional approval from all necessary regulatory authorities for the establishment of their joint venture, Nidec Aerospace LLC. The transaction combines the complementary synergies and distinct areas of expertise of two world-class engineering conglomer

  • Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New EOP to Cool EV Traction Motor System E-Axle

    Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New EOP to Cool EV Traction Motor System E-Axle

    Nidec Power Train Systems Corporation (“Nidec Power Train Systems” or the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec Corporation, announced today that it has developed a new electric oil pump (“EOP”) to cool E-Axle, the traction motor system for EVs.
    Nidec Power Train System’s EOP for the Traction Motor System, E-Axle
    As demands grow for, among others, a smaller and lighter traction moto

  • Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New Electric Oil Pump for CVT

    Nidec Power Train Systems Develops New Electric Oil Pump for CVT

    Nidec Power Train Systems Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that it has successfully developed a new electric oil pump for automotive CVT (continuously variable transmission) systems.

    Nidec Power Train Systems’ New Electric Oil Pump
    This latest product is used to supply oil pressure to the CVT system of a vehicle in the idling-stop mode, and support a car’s engine-driven mechan

  • The 250kW and 180kW Models of Nidec’s E-Axle Traction Motor System are Officially Adopted for the Car to Commemorate GAC New Energy Automobile’s Production of 20 Millionth Vehicle

    The 250kW and 180kW Models of Nidec’s E-Axle Traction Motor System are Officially Adopted for the Car to Commemorate GAC New Energy Automobile’s Production of 20 Millionth Vehicle

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that AION Hyper GT, each unit equipped with a Nidec-produced E-Axle model, has been selected as the vehicle for AION, the GAC Group’s EV-dedicated brand, to commemorate the production of its 20 millionth new-energy vehicle. AION made this announcement during the ceremony to mark the occasion at its factory in

  • Opening Ceremony for New Factories in Serbia

    Opening Ceremony for New Factories in Serbia

    Nidec Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) has held an opening ceremony for new factories in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (hereinaft referred to as“Serbia”).


    1.Opening ceremony overview
    【Date】: Thursday, May 18, 2023, 10:00-12:00(local time)
    【Venue】: Novi Sad city, Serbia 
    【Main Attendees】: Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia
    Tetsuya Tsub

  • Nidec Develops Technology to Achieve the World’s Highest Space Factor for Round Winding Wires

    Nidec Develops Technology to Achieve the World’s Highest Space Factor for Round Winding Wires

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that it has achieved the world’s highest-level pace factor for round winding wires used for its traction motors, and has launched the mass production of motors by using the technology.


    Nidec’s latest stator


    E-Axle Gen.2



    Weight saving is one of the critical elements in impro

  • Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony for Bulgaria Development Center

    Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony for Bulgaria Development Center

    NIDEC ELESYS CORPORATION (hereafter, "NIDEC ELESYS") will open a R&D center in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria (hereafter, "Bulgaria"). The opening ceremony was held with the presence of President Rumen Radev.
    <Scene of the opening ceremony>

    1. About Our R&D center
     In response to the growing demand for our in-vehicle inverters and ECUs due to the tightening of environmental

  • Nidec Control Techniques Expands Into Mexico

    Nidec Control Techniques Expands Into Mexico

    THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF DRIVES PRODUCTION

    Control Techniques and Nidec entered the next exciting phase of its expansion plans for global manufacturing on Wednesday 12th October when they opened a brand-new manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
    This bold development signifies the beginning of a new era of drives production and allows them to support their strategic objectives

  • Nidec Launches Mass Production of Its Second-generation EV Traction Motor System

    Nidec Launches Mass Production of Its Second-generation EV Traction Motor System

    Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) (“Nidec” or the “Company”) announced today that is has started the mass production of the second-generation model (“Gen.2”) of its EV traction motor system, E-Axle.




    In April 2019, Nidec became the first tier-1 company in the world to launch the mass-production of E-Axle, the

  • Construction of New Factory in Serbia Completed

    Construction of New Factory in Serbia Completed

    Nidec Corporation (hereafter, "the Company") has completed the construction of a new factory in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (hereafter, "Serbia").
    1.About the new factory in Serbia
    Due to the tightening of environmental regulations in Europe as well as stricter CO2 emission regulations for automobiles in major countries the demand for our in-vehicle motors is expanding. The Company is there

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