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  • From left: Nidec’s 150 kW E-Axle announced in April 2018, the new 100 kW and 70 kW models.

    Nidec Expands Lineup of EV Traction Motor Systems and Unveils new Automotive Short Range Radar

    As a next step in the company’s strategy of developing key components for electric vehicles, Nidec announces two new models of its fully integrated automotive traction motor system (E-Axle) and a new short range radar—the first in the world that, with a single antenna, doubles as a proximity sensor for automatic parking systems, obviating the need for separate ultrasonic sensors.

  • Monthly Nidec Report - How will Nidec respond to the growing markets surrounding robots?

    Monthly Nidec Report - How will Nidec respond to the growing markets surrounding robots?

    Robots, no longer confined to factories, are becoming more and more common both in the service industry and in various household applications. As a result, the demand for motors, and the gears that accompany them, is growing rapidly. The Nidec company Nidec-Shimpo has taken this opportunity to tap into new markets like high-performance speed reducer gears for robots, and automated guided vehicles.

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

    Nidec Announces In-Wheel Motor Prototype for Electric Vehicles

    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.

  • Monthly Nidec Report - From Science Fiction to Reality: The Possibilities of the Intelligent Motor™

    Monthly Nidec Report - From Science Fiction to Reality: The Possibilities of the Intelligent Motor™

    Computers and home appliances, automobiles, and industrial robots—devices powered by motors permeate our society. What if we equipped all of these motors with microcomputers that allow not only precise control of their performance but also inter-motor communication and collaboration? How would society change? This is the question that sparked the development process leading up to the creation o

  • Nidec Completed Acquisition of Systeme + Steuerungen GmbH and Its Group Companies

    Nidec Corporation today announced that it has acquired a 100% ownership of a privately owned German company, Systeme + Steuerungen GmbH and its group companies , from its owners on February 4, 2019 through Nidec-Shimpo GmbH, a German-based affiliate of Nidec’s subsidiary, Nidec-Shimpo Corporation.

  • Nidec to Acquire DESCH Antriebstechnik GmbH & Co. KG and Its Group Companies

    Nidec Corporation today announced that the Company has agreed to acquire a 70% ownership of a privately owned German company, DESCH Antriebstechnik GmbH & Co. KG and its group companies in Germany and China, from its owners on January 31, 2019 through Nidec-Shimpo GmbH, a Germany-based affiliate of Nidec’s subsidiary, Nidec-Shimpo Corporation.

  • What’s next for motors? - Nidec at CES 2019

    What’s next for motors? - Nidec at CES 2019

    Introducing new products demonstrated by Nidec at CES 2019. Although electric motors have been around since the first half of the 1800s, their function has largely remained unchanged. By converting electricity to mechanical energy they act as the muscles that power our machines and devices and give them the ability to spin and move. Accordingly, the bulk of the innovations that the technology...

  • Nidec to Display Thermal Solutions for Smartphones and Other Devices at CES 2019

    Nidec to Display Thermal Solutions for Smartphones and Other Devices at CES 2019

    The launch of 5G is expected to deliver a slew of benefits including dramatically higher data transfer rates and reduced latency. Coupled with advances in artificial intelligence, smartphones and other devices are set to become even more powerful. But this trend does not come without its challenges; as the performance of devices increases, so do the requirements on thermal management.

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

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

    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.

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