canada 1998 headquarters boucherville canada website www.tm4.com tm4 inc. is a subsidiary of government owned public utility hydro qu bec established in 1998 active in the development of electric vehicle motors and related power systems . 1 hydro qu bec intends to set up a joint venture with a world scale auto parts manufacturer to facilitate the mass production and marketing of the electric powertrains designed by its subsidiary tm4 while continuing to develop new products . 2 pierre couture a canadian inventor and engineer has developed a wheel hub motor in 1982 . tm4 supplies engines generators and inverters for the two markets it serves tm4 is also engaged in the scale up of its technology first used in the transportation industry to power wind turbines . contents 1 background 1.1 commercialization 1.2 expansion in china 2 tm4 motive 3 references background edit a tm4 m tive motor on august 19 1994 the premier of quebec daniel johnson had announced a c 100 million project to develop an electric car for the year 2000 . on august 30 1994 hydro qu bec had presented their first prototype based on a dodge intrepid . 3 the economy in fuel consumption was evaluated between 80 and 85 % . the project was cancelled in 1995 and many have seen the abandonment of this project as a repetition of the history of the cf 105 . in 1998 hydro qu bec worked on a prototype with a joint venture between dassault group and soci t de v hicules electriques the first prototypes based on a renault kangoo were built in 2006 . hydro qu bec has been criticized for not having taken advantage of some of its innovations . an electric wheel motor concept that struck a chord with quebecers 4 first prototyped in 1994 by pierre couture an engineer and physicist working at institut de recherche d hydro qu bec ireq is one of these . 5 6 the heir to the couture wheel motor is now marketed by tm4 a subsidiary that has made deals with france s dassault and heuliez to develop an electric car the cleanova of which prototypes were built in 2006 . 7 hydro qu bec announced in early 2009 at the montreal international auto show that its engine had been chosen by tata motors to equip a demonstration version of its indica model which will be road tested in norway . 8 9 ireq s researchers are also working on developing new battery technologies for electric cars . current research is focusing on technologies to increase range improve performance in cold weather and reduce charging time . 10 in 2012 tm4 and prestolite electric beijing limited pebl entered into an agreement for the creation of a sino foreign equity joint venture company named prestolite e propulsion systems beijing limited peps . leveraging tm4 s licensed technologies the new company will focus on providing high end solutions for clean transport and sustainable mobility by developing manufacturing selling and supporting electric traction systems for trucks and buses as well as commercial off road and marine vehicles . the new joint venture will target clients in the people s republic of china including taiwan hong kong and macao indonesia philippines thailand singapore and the rest of asean countries . 11 commercialization edit tata indica ev equipped with a tm4 motive motor the first commercialization of the systems started in 2004 with the interest of cleanova and peugeot . citro n had presented their new diesel hybrid citro n c m tisse equipped with the tm4 motor at the paris auto show in 2006 . in 2009 110 units were delivered to the milj and tata motors demonstration project in norway . in 2011 tata motors expect to sell up to 5000 of their indica vista ev in europe and to be able to face this demand tm4 has upgraded its production facilities in boucherville to be able to produce up to 10 000 units of their motive powertrain systems per year if needed . 12 the soci t de transport de montr al stm will replace the aging fleet of buses with a new family of buses powered by tm4 engine . all buses that run on the network of the stm in 2026 should run on electricity . 13 the stm will procure 312 hybrid buses by 2012 and eventually a new family of buses equipped with wheel hub motor developed by tm4 possibly in the 2013 2014 time frame . 14 the current fleet of 1 600 buses need 50 million liters of diesel each year . the plan would eliminate the need of diesel and eventually reduce the greenhouse gas . 15 over the years tm4 has diversified its product range based on the needs of two segments of the transportation industry . its motive systems are compact and power dense in order to be integrated into light duty on and off road vehicle platforms while the sumo motors are high torque direct drive system optimized for buses and commercial vehicles . expansion in china edit china being one of the biggest market for electric buses tm4 announced in 2012 the creation of a 50 50 joint venture in china . in partnership with prestolite electric beijing limited pebl tm4 created prestolite e propulsion systems peps . 16 under this agreement peps will produce the technologies developed by tm4 under license and will market them to the commercial vehicle and bus industry the tm4 sumo systems . in 2014 tm4 and peps announced the beginning of high volume production in the beijing plant as well as its first large scale commercial orders from major chinese bus manufacturers such as foton motor 17 tm4 motive edit the tm4 motive is a powerful and lightweight high speed permanent magnet electric motor developed by tm4 . the motor offers 96 % efficiency . the motive is considered to be the best power to weight ratio in its class . 18 references edit tm4 electrodynamic systems . history . retrieved 2010 10 09 . tm4 electrodynamic systems . history . francoeur louis gilles 2009 01 15 . moteur roue volvo dans les traces d hydro . le devoir in french . retrieved 2010 10 09 . lavall e pierre 15 april 2003 . pourrait on construire une voiture lectrique au qu bec . 5 sur 5 in french . radio canada . event occurs at 0 09 30 . francoeur louis gilles 15 january 2008 . volvo sur les traces d hydro . le devoir in french . retrieved 2009 03 18 . provost gilles ; g linas pascal 9 march 1997 . la voiture lectrique d hydro . d couverte in french . radio canada . retrieved 2009 03 30 . radio canada 22 september 2006 . voiture lectrique moteur qu b cois fabrication trang re in french . retrieved 2009 03 18 . hydro qu bec 15 january 2009 . tm4 partners with tata motors and milj in electric vehicle demonstration project . retrieved 2009 05 06 . francoeur louis gilles 16 january 2009 . hydro qu bec est en voiture . le devoir in french . retrieved 2009 03 28 . cardinal fran ois 19 november 2008 . une batterie dans les cartons d hydro qu bec . la presse in french . retrieved 2009 03 28 . tm4 and prestolite electric beijing form a joint venture . . retrieved 2009 03 28 . http www.tm4.com axisdocument.aspx id 71 & langue en & download true & document newsletter.pdf lavall e pierre 21 may 2010 . des bus lectriques d ici 2026 . radio canada in french . radio canada . le r seau d autobus de la stm pourrait tre totalement lectrifi en 2026 . m tro montr al in french . m tro montr al. 21 may 2010 . montreal transit buses to go electric . cbc . cbc . 21 may 2010 . tm4 and prestolite electric beijing form a joint venture . tm4 . tm4 . 8 february 2012 . hydro qu bec . hydro qu bec . 17 september 2014 http news.hydroquebec.com en press releases 636 tm4 a subsidiary of hydro quebec makes a significant breakthrough in china . missing or empty title help lachapelle marc . hydro qu bec and tm4 at the leading edge . retrieved 2009 01 26 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tm4 & oldid 735415653 categories hydro qu bechybrid electric vehicle advocatescompanies based in bouchervilleelectric vehicle organizationscanadian inventions1998 establishments in quebechidden categories cs1 french language sources fr pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations 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