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LS Cable & System begins supply of motor wires to GM’s Chevy Bolt EV
- Collected
- 2017.02.03
- Distributed
- 2017.02.06
- Source
- Go Direct
These wires constitute a coil in the EV’s drive motor that powers the vehicle by converting electric energy into mechanical energy. Such wires are regarded as a key component to an EV as they are often likened to blood vessels for the human heart.
These wires should resist high voltage and heat as the EV is usually powered by more than 400 volts of electricity. In the past, only a few Japanese companies were able to make the wires that could meet these conditions.
LS Cable & System successfully commercialized Korea’s first copper magnet wire that can resist voltage abnormality coming into the motor by more than 10 times versus ordinary copper magnet wires.
In addition, the company applied a rectangular form to the new wire design instead of a round form in order to make motor components compact and lightweight and to reduce noise dramatically.
LS Cable & System initiated the development of copper magnet wires tailored to the Chevy Bolt EV in 2014 and became an official vendor last year with its quality certified by GM.
The wires will be shipped through its sister company LG Electronics Inc. that produces drive motors.
“LS Cable & System is preparing for the future EV market by offering copper magnet wires, wire harnesses and other key components based on its high-voltage engineering and technology,” said Myung Roh-hyun, president of LS Cable & System.
By Moon Ji-woong
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