Peugeot Sport and Marelli, a world automotive provider with experience in Motorsports have signed a multi-year partnership to develop an environment friendly electrical resolution to match the efficiency necessities of the hybrid powertrain system of the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar, that can compete from 2022 within the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Specifically, Marelli is offering the engineering and the availability of high-performance electrical motors and silicon carbide-based inverter, that are a part of the entrance axle electrical traction system. The focus of the event is to maximise the effectivity and the reliability of the system whereas adapting the motor and inverter expertise to make efficient use of the load and quantity allotted by the crew.
Marelli’s contribution is predicated on well-established know-how within the design, manufacture and deployment of high-performance hybrid and the complete electrical techniques and its data within the subject of power restoration techniques and full electrical traction techniques, ensuing from experiences and functions in an important motorsport world championships, with a flow-down additionally to the street manufacturing technical atmosphere, enabling passenger automobile electrification.
The partnership marks a brand new chapter within the lengthy historical past of collaborations between Marelli and Peugeot, each in motorsports and street manufacturing fields, together with the availability of electronics and telemetry for the wonderful Peugeot 905 and Peugeot 908 in endurance competitions. This new joint technological journey goals once more to deliver on the evolution of powertrain and mobility in the direction of sensible electrification options.
Based on the partnership, Marelli may also get the unique standing of ‘Peugeot Sport Official Partner’, which, on high of the expertise partnership, additionally foresees collaboration and mutual advantages in sponsorship, branding and advertising fields.
Declare Olivier Janssonie, “We are delighted to welcome Marelli onboard the Peugeot 9X8 project. We have been collaborating together with Marelli for many years, and our teams share the same passion and dedication to excellence. This project is a fantastic opportunity to combine our skills and to design, test and race together on the track a new innovative and performant electrical motor that will drive the 9X8 to success.”
Riccardo De Filippi, Head of Marelli Motorsport stated, “We are excited for this new collaboration with Peugeot Sport. We already have a long and glorious tradition of collaboration with them in the history of endurance racing, and we both share a great heritage and technical tradition in motorsport competitions. Once more we put all our competencies together to push the performance of such a unique and extreme car to the limit in a sustainable way, with the adoption of the most advanced Marelli electric powertrain technology.”
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