History

1982 [ Top ]
Start of design work on an innovative compact motor system that uses a brushless inverted rotor configuration with permanent magnets, a generator and advanced power electronic controls that can be embedded inside a regular-size wheel at IREQ.

1991 [ Top ]
Development of the 4-wheel motor system and its control software.

1996 [ Top ]

Proof of concept, a vehicle is driven and controlled by the 4-wheel motor system.

1998 [ Top ]
Technologies M4 Inc. (TM4) is formed to complete the propulsion and control system and market the systems.

TM4's first PM generator system (10 kW).

2001 [ Top ]
Second PM generator (40 kW).

2002 [ Top ]
TM4 seels a scale-up of the 40 kW PM generator to 170 kW.

TM4 sells its first propulsion system for a passenger vehicle using a standard central configuration design, integrated control and power electronics.

2003 [ Top ]
TM4 and La Société de Véhicules Électriques (SVE), a subsidiary of Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (GIMD), announce that they are actively collaborating to engineer an all-electric vehicle, the
Cleanova I.

2004 [ Top ]
Development and production of the drivetrain system of the Ceanova II, the new electric vehicle of S.V.E., based on a Renault Kangoo platform (EV and HEV versions).

TM4 equips the Peugeot Quarks, an ATV vehicle introduced at the Paris auto show with air-cooled wheel motors.

2005 [ Top ]
Hydro-Québec welcomes Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault as TM4 shareholder.

TM4 designs and delivers a new parallel hybrid system to a large truck and bus OEM.

2006 [ Top ]
TM4 designs the wheel motor system of the diesiel hybrid Citroën C-Métisse presented at the Paris auto show. [ Press Release ]

2007 [ Top ]
Development of a 660 kW permanent magnet generator for wind turbines.

2008 [ Top ]
Launch of TM4 MΦTIVE™, a versatile all-electric drivetrain system consisting of a high-speed motor and an inverter.

660 kW permanent magnet generator for producing wind energy or other. Its design can accommodate water or air cooling systems.

2009 [ Top ]
Commercialization of TM4 MΦTIVE™: 110 units delivered to the Miljø and Tata Motors demonstration project in Norway.
[ Press Release ]

Establishment of a pre-production facility.

2011 [ Top ]

TM4 receives funding from SDTC to develop a new powertrain for electric buses.
[ Press Release ]

2012 [ Top ]

TM4 and Prestolite Electric Beijing Limited (PEBL) have entered into an agreement for the creation of a sino-foreign equity joint venture company named Prestolite E-Propulsion Systems (Beijing) Limited (PEPS).
[ Press Release ]

Launch of the new electric powertrain series TM4 SUMO^TM, targeting primarily the heavy-duty trucks and buses market.