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Author Topic: Sevcon secured funding for next gen controller development  (Read 837 times)

MotoRyder

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Re: Sevcon secured funding for next gen controller development
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2015, 10:20:04 PM »

A Chilton's technical manual would be worthwhile to know how to work on and repair things like zero emission electric and hybrid vehicles; the Sevcon Global Product Manager in the article has the last name of Chilton.

Very interesting that Sevcon is "recruiting an additional 20 skilled staff" after receiving a 400,000 Pounds grant to develop a new range of controllers for electric and hybrid vehicles.  That is 20,000 pounds per 'skilled staffer', which is not much to prosper with in the state of Massachusetts.

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Re: Sevcon secured funding for next gen controller development
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2015, 10:40:38 PM »

The article says 13 to start with 7 more as the business grows.
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Re: Sevcon secured funding for next gen controller development
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2015, 02:33:28 AM »

Here is a clean link:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sevcon-secures-grant-develop-range-171826351.html

Great news, thanks for sharing.
So the gen4 sold 111.000 already! Quite a lot actually.
And it sounds like the next generation will be smaller, more powerful and have more features.

The future is looking good [emoji2] for us EV enthusiasts.


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Re: Sevcon secured funding for next gen controller development
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2015, 03:52:08 AM »

So the gen4 sold 111.000 already! Quite a lot actually.

I was debating buying some Sevcon stock, since Zero hasn't done an IPO yet, and was pretty much on the fence until I saw a picture of a pallet jack on Sevcon's website under the "industrial" category. That Saturday I took the cover off the pallet jack we have on our warehouse floor, and sure enough, it's got a Sevcon in it. So does our powered scissor lift. Our forklift is a propane-powered unit, but two out of three ain't bad! I figure that even though the EV market is still small and still developing, industrial markets aren't, and Sevcon is a big player with a good product offering in that space.

My Sevcon stock went up today.   :D
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