About Us

For over two decades, IEdrives and its people have had extensive experiences supporting the development of drivetrains and drivetrain balance of plant components for electric and hybrid series electric vehicles.

These activities began with the simpler tasks of converting belt driven engine accessories such as air conditioners, power steering pumps and high pressure superchargers to be electric motor driven. These early activities in the "electrification" of passenger vehicles were followed by extensive development work in support of fuel cell power systems as well as other types of hybrid power sources.

IEdrives' personnel have participated in multiple programs for both OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customers and DOE (Department of Energy) programs. Programs such as PNGV (Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles) and FreedomCAR (Cooperative Automotive Research) resulted in extensive activities in support of fuel cell power plants. In addition, multiple state-of-the-art electric motor driven air systems were developed for both compressing air (supercharging) and expanding hot pressurized fuel cell exhaust gases. Other technical expertise from these activities arose in the arena of reforming fuels such as gasoline, diesel and natural gas to generate hydrogen for fuel cell power plants.

During this decade of power systems development, there was an increasing number of traction motor evaluations and implementations that were performed. Personnel now working for IEdrives participated in a significant number of clean sheet drive train development projects. These activities included definition, build and analysis for a number of specialty and one-off vehicles.

Recently, IEdrives personnel have participated in commercial electric vehicle development projects such as the NFCBP (National Fuel Cell Bus Program) through the FTA (Federal Transit Administration).

IEdrives along with its workforce efforts, continues to be a leader in defining and developing the very best electrical drivetrain products for large commercial electric trucks and buses.