Valmet Automobile chases two-fold strategy to EV engineering

Valmet Automobile, a leading company for the automotive market, is appropriate a two-fold strategy to EV technological innovation. The company is strengthening the R&D initiatives, while at the same time matching them with an integrator role.

Valmet Automobile is an founded international innovator in electrical flexibility, both in technological innovation and developing. With the ever increasing popularity of electrical automobiles, Valmet Automobile has made electrical vehicle technological innovation a ideal concentrate area.

EV technological innovation has restructured and extended its resources to are eligible of the two-fold strategy. First of all, in element technological innovation, R&D concentrate is on drivetrains and battery power. Valmet Automobile also plans to determine an EV Software Proficiency Center. Secondly, Valmet Automobile specializes in EV technological innovation as a remedy integrator. With generally low level of element and remedy standardization in EVs, a capable integrator is a useful resource to both founded and start-up companies.

"For decades, automotive market has leaned on highly standard alternatives. Now they are no longer applicable; the powertrain for example must be designed for every EV model separately" feedback Markus Hirvonen, Venture Administrator, Valmet Automobile.

At the Geneva Motor Show, Valmet Automobile provides its competences in EV technological innovation in a unique way. The demonstrator "Dawn" combines both the element creator and integrator tasks. Showing the power supply, drivetrain, control unit and getting options, it also shows what eventually can be carried out on the planet of electrical flexibility, by developing alternatives in a modern fashion.

"Valmet Automobile has outstanding competences in EV elements and their incorporation in a complete vehicle. Our experience in EV technological innovation, developing technological innovation and sequence production are resources to our customers", says Ilpo Korhonen, Chief executive, Valmet Automobile.