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Contact information
e-Traction Europe BVVissenstraat 36
324AL Apeldoorn
T: +31 55 521 1111
F: +31 55 522 2366
@: info@e-Traction.eu
Welcome on the website of e-Traction
e-Traction is a Apeldoorn (The Netherlands) based company which is specialized in electrical traction solutions including electrical road vehicles and yachts. The company is the inventor and producer of The Wheel, which has been implemented in the Whisper city bus and Hytruck. Also e-Traction is a specialized supplier of engineering services and traction components.
Top 5 headlines
e-Traction wins Frost & Sullivan '2010 European Automotive Technology Innovation Green Excellence Award’
26-02-2010 - Based on its recent analysis of the automotive business strategy market, Frost & Sullivan recognises e-Traction Europe B.V. with the ‘2010 European Automotive Technology Innovation Green Excellence Award’. Continue...
First Whisper city bus assimilated in Apeldoorn's bus schedule
10-02-2010 - Apeldoorn - The first Whisper bus, that was recently delivered to bus company Arriva by e-Traction, has been assimilated in Apeldoorn's bus schedule. The first reactions by the passengers and drivers are positive. Especially the silence strikes them. The testing period also served to solve some minor problems. Continue...
e-Traction technology enables radical tech transition in Korea (press statement)
9-10-09 - Apeldoorn - e-Traction expects Korea to manufacture about 2,000 city buses for electric transport in Korea for the next few years. As a start an order of 5 prototype buses has been booked by the Apeldoorn producer of wheelhub motors. The intention is to make a radical transition to electric city transport in Korea possible. Continue...
How to test a wheelmotor driveline
29-09-09 - From our engineers: how to test a wheelmotor in real-life conditions? Drive over speedbumps too fast? Brake with ABS? Or without? e-Traction is testing all conditions - and a camera was mounted to observe rear-axle behaviour. See what happens...
Press statement (Dutch language)
24-09-09 - Press release in Dutch - e-Traction maakt de komende jaren circa 2000 stadsbussen in Korea geschikt voor elektrisch vervoer. De aanlooporder voor de eerste 5 prototype bussen is door de Apeldoornse producent van wielnaaf motoren geboekt om een radicale transitie naar elektrisch stadsvervoer in Korea mogelijk te maken. Download press statement...
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Latest Product developments
TheWheel SM450/1 in prototype stage
This motor is designed to fit in small automotive applications, such as normal sized city vehicles. Continue...
TheWheel SM500/3 in production
TheWheel SM500 family is now complete with its most powerful version. The SM500/3 has an extremely high torque performance sustains higher axle load. Continue...