Exro announces Coil Driver™ start of production
by CM staff
The milestone is backed by purchase orders from Italian OEM supplier HB4 Group and Canadian electric bus and commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor Corp.
CALGARY — Exro Technologies Inc., a clean-technology company that develops power-control electronics, announced the official start of production (SOP) of the company’s patented Coil Driver™ technology. The milestone is backed by purchase orders from Italian OEM supplier HB4 Group and Canadian electric bus and commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor Corp.
“On behalf of everyone at Exro, we are thrilled to announce the official start of production of our Coil Driver™ technology,” said Exro CEO Sue Ozdemir. “This achievement marks a tremendous milestone in bringing our next-generation technology to market from proof-of-concept on paper over three years ago, to now being in production for on-road customer vehicles. We are thankful for the ongoing support of our shareholders who have weathered many storms along the way. They have remained steadfast in our shared vision of a sustainable future that requires innovative technologies that increase efficiency and change the way the world consumes energy.”
Exro’s Manufacturing Center is a 37,000 ft2 world-class automated inverter manufacturing and assembly facility. Boasting a class 10,000 clean room, the facility brings European automotive standards for technical cleanliness and track and trace to North America. The only facility of its kind in North America, the manufacturing center fills a unique gap by providing customers with a strategic onshore supply chain solution for key powertrain components. This net-zero targeted facility will be capable of producing 100,000 Coil Driver™ units per year, per an 8-hour work shift.
The manufacturing center complements Exro’s research and development, design, and testing innovation centers in Calgary, Alberta, and Mesa, Arizona as well as Exro Vehicle Systems EV integration services in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to provide end-to-end full-stack technology solutions for customers.
