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发布于 2021 五月 7

AAM 将接受美国能源部电动驱动技术合作协议


底特律，2021 年 5 月 7 日 – 美国车桥制造有限公司 (AAM)（纽约证券交易所代码：AXL）将从美国能源部获得 500 万美元的资金，以推动其下一代电动驱动技术的发展。

能源效率和可再生能源办公室 (EERE) 代表车辆技术办公室签订的合作协议是资助以下内容的研究项目：先进电池和电气化；先进的发动机和燃料技术，包括越野应用和替代燃料发动机技术；轻质材料；新的移动技术（节能移动系统）和替代燃料技术示范。

AAM 将利用合作协议资金进一步开发低成本、高性能、重稀有无土3 合 1 电动驱动装置。AAM 的 3 合 1 电动驱动装置将电力电子设备与电动机和变速箱集成在一起。这种优化设计实现了行业领先的功率密度、性能和成本竞争力。

“AAM 专注于推进创新，进一步提高电池电动和混合动力汽车的效率、性能和可负担性”，AAM 董事长兼首席执行官 David C. Dauch 说，“我们相信，所有车辆细分市场对可持续推进系统的需求将继续增长。我们很荣幸，能源部认识到 AAM 的电动驱动技术为各种低排放和零排放车辆应用提供动力的潜力，并期待在其支持下推进这些发展。”

AAM 的电动驱动是一套创新的电动推进解决方案，适用于从价值导向型微型车到高性能豪华交叉车/乘用车和轻型卡车/SUV 的所有混合动力和电池电动汽车细分市场。这些系统利用 AAM 在高级动力传动系统设计、工程、分析、测试和制造方面的经验，设计出满足客户最苛刻要求的紧凑、安静、高效的驱动单元。

AAM 是密歇根州接受能源部资助的六个项目之一。AAM 正在底特律世界总部园区的先进技术和发展中心开发电动驱动技术。

关于 AAM

美国车桥（纽约证券交易所代码：AXL）传递推动世界的力量。作为领先的全球一级汽车供应商，AAM 设计、开发和制造动力传动系统、金属成型技术，使下一代汽车更智能、更轻量、更安全、更高效。AAM 总部设在底特律，拥有约 20,000 名员工，在 17 个国家/地区经营近 80 家工厂，可在全球和区域平台上为客户提供支持，并且致力于确保质量、卓越运营和技术领先地位。要了解更多信息，请访问 aam.com。

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