Horse Powertrain will reveal its Horse C15 vary extender system at IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Germany, providing automakers a compact resolution to transform BEVs into range-extended fashions with minimal platform modifications.
The Horse C15 combines a 1.5-liter, four-cylinder engine with an built-in generator, inverter, and cooling package deal in a unit measuring 500 x 550 x 275mm in its naturally aspirated configuration. The system, roughly the dimensions of a briefcase, will be put in horizontally or vertically in both the entrance compartment or rear of present EV platforms.
The expertise permits unique gear producers to rework BEV platforms into range-extended EVs, increasing their product choices to fulfill completely different market calls for. Vary-extended autos use the combustion engine to take care of battery cost ranges moderately than straight powering the wheels, with the electrical motor offering all traction.
“Vary prolonged EVs are the fastest-growing powertrain class in lots of world markets,” stated Matias Giannini, CEO of Horse Powertrain. “The Horse C15 vary extender resolution gives OEMs an easy and cost-effective approach to faucet this chance, and adapt their native BEV platforms into REEVs. We imagine demand for REEVs will proceed to develop. Horse C15 will play a essential function on this transition, as one of many market’s best and versatile REEV options thus far.”
The system is designed to adjust to Euro 7 emissions requirements, together with China 7 and SULEV20 necessities. For B- and C-segment autos, the naturally aspirated model supplies as much as 70kW of engine energy. A turbocharged variant for D-segment autos and lightweight business autos delivers as much as 120kW. Each configurations can function on gasoline and artificial fuels.
By incorporating the vary extender, producers can scale back battery pack sizes of their electrical autos, doubtlessly reducing prices and weight whereas sustaining driving vary. The strategy additionally reduces strain on essential mineral provide chains utilized in battery manufacturing.
The combustion engine in range-extended autos operates inside its best revolution vary, which the corporate says minimizes gas consumption and emissions whereas lowering noise, vibration, and harshness in comparison with conventional hybrid methods. Not like plug-in hybrid or typical hybrid autos, the engine by no means straight drives the wheels.
Vary-extended autos preserve the driving traits of battery electrical autos, together with easy acceleration and responsiveness, whereas retaining the flexibility to cost from public charging stations or home energy provides. When mixed with low-carbon fuels, the corporate states the lifecycle environmental affect approaches that of pure battery electrical autos.
The Horse C15 is a part of Horse Powertrain’s X-Vary household of options designed to combine combustion and hybrid expertise into electrical car platforms. Horse Powertrain will show the vary extender expertise at IAA Mobility 2025 at Corridor A2, Sales space B40.
