AC Propulsion designs, develops, and manufactures world class technology for electric vehicles. Learn where we've been and where we're going with cars that run on electricity.
AC Propulsion pioneered tzero™ technology in 1996 and we have been improving it ever since. Our integrated electric drive systems deliver high power, high efficiency, fast charging, and low weight for electric vehicles you will want to drive.
Electric vehicles are coming soon from other automakers, but the eBox is already here. We remanufacture your 2004-2006 Scion xB with AC Propulsion tzero™ technology and you get zero emissions, 5 seats, 60 mph in 7 seconds, 120-mile range, and infinite miles per gallon.
We’ve started a revolution.
Well actually…13,000 revolutions per minute powered by electricity. The time has come to get off your gas and drive a real electric vehicle.
AC Propulsion Provides Power for 500 New Electric Vehicles
San Dimas, CA – Nov. 19, 2008 – AC Propulsion supplies the electric propulsion and battery technology for the MINI E electric vehicle introduced today at the LA Auto Show by BMW Group. AC Propulsion has delivered more than 500 drive systems to the BMW Group factory in Munich for MINI E production.
“Working with BMW Group on the MINI E project has been a great opportunity,” said AC Propulsion CEO Tom Gage, “The schedule was tight and required a lot of discipline and coordination. We really pushed our manufacturing operation to meet the production schedule. I drove one of the cars in Munich and our drive system delivers the power, I couldn’t stop smiling. We’ve had cars with our drive systems on the road since 1992, and some have well over 100,000 miles on them, so we’ve seen our systems handle the rigors of daily use. This is a big step for electric vehicles.”
The MINI E uses a specially-developed version of AC Propulsion’s proprietary tzero™ technology to provide high performance, high efficiency, and fast charging. AC Propulsion’s air-cooled copper-rotor induction motor produces maximum torque from zero to 5,000 rpm and spins all the way up to 13,000 rpm. The IGBT inverter drives the motor to produce peak power of 150 kW. Even with this high power rating, the AC Propulsion drive system operates with high efficiency in normal driving. Powerful regenerative braking adds to the efficiency and driving appeal. When the car decelerates, the kinetic energy of motion is converted back to electrical energy in the battery.