UQM has achieved commercialization of our base technology and supplied to global customers with product deployed and proven in many different applications. UQM products are developed through the rigorous TS16949 quality certified product development system, ensuring quality, specification compliance and safety. Every system is design validated and production validated through a rigorous battery of validation tests to applicable industry standards, including shock, vibration, thermal cycling and most other common environmental tests. In addition, most systems are qualified to an IP67 standard. UQM systems have achieved more than 2 million miles in the Proterra bus application alone and have been in propelling hybrid busses downtown Denver for 10 years.
The UQM PowerPhase® technology is mature, in use as propulsion systems that power commercial and passenger vehicles worldwide. The underlying technology is highly cost-effective and designed to be manufacturing friendly, using standard production processes. UQM’s technology has the ability to achieve the highest power density in the industry, which leads to low cost due to the use of less active materials needed to achieve a given power or torque requirement. These two attributes: manufacturability and high torque density, lead to the lowest cost, given equal performance requirements and production volumes. (See Motor Technology for more on Power Density)
Our electric drive system technology is enabled by key IP, including 15 patents on motors, controllers and control algorithms developed over 40 years in the industry. UQM currently owns all of our accumulated IP and will entertain licensing for certain market segments. (Contact Sales for more information regarding IP and technology licensing).