About Us

Elaphe technology dates back to the late 1980s and stems from our founder’s research into high-specific torque electric motors. At the turn of the millenia, we designed the first high-torque motor that makes sense for direct-drive automotive applications. In 2006, Elaphe Propulsion Technologies was founded with a mission to bring in-wheel powertrain solutions to the automotive mass market.

Today, Elaphe Propulsion Technologies is a developer and producer of high-tech propulsion technology based on the premise of multiple-motor propulsion and a holistic vantage point. A major cornerstone of Elaphe’s technology portfolio is our world-leading in-wheel propulsion technology, representing the enabling technology for the new era of innovation in the automotive industry.

Elaphe’s achievements include the world’s highest-performance in-wheel-powered applications to date, including pioneering an in-wheel driven SUVs and supercars. Patented and innovative electromagnetic and mechanical designs for in-wheel propulsion enable Elaphe™ products to be tailored for specific ranges of torque and power to fit most vehicle configurations. Elaphe provides holistic in-wheel powertrain platform solutions that include motors, power electronics and intelligent multiple-motor propulsion control.

Elaphe technology dates back to the late 1980s and stems from our founder’s research into high-specific torque electric motors. At the turn of the millenia, we designed the first high-torque motor that makes sense for direct-drive automotive applications. In 2006, Elaphe Propulsion Technologies was founded with a mission to bring in-wheel powertrain solutions to the automotive mass market.

Today, Elaphe Propulsion Technologies is a developer and producer of high-tech propulsion technology based on the premise of multiple-motor propulsion and a holistic vantage point. A major cornerstone of Elaphe’s technology portfolio is our world-leading in-wheel propulsion technology, representing the enabling technology for the new era of innovation in the automotive industry.

Elaphe’s achievements include the world’s highest-performance in-wheel-powered applications to date, including pioneering an in-wheel driven SUVs and supercars. Patented and innovative electromagnetic and mechanical designs for in-wheel propulsion enable Elaphe™ products to be tailored for specific ranges of torque and power to fit most vehicle configurations. Elaphe provides holistic in-wheel powertrain platform solutions that include motors, power electronics and intelligent multiple-motor propulsion control.

Our way

By challenging conventions, we are bringing the future to the present.

By moving the boundaries and developing technology others think is impossible, we are enabling those that aim to take part in shaping the future of mobility, in order to push the envelope of possible even further down the line.

By making our technology real, embedded in Elaphe products with automotive-level validation, we are bringing progress to the market in more ways than we ever imagined.

“Our propulsion solutions empower new vehicle developers by enabling superior vehicle performance, efficiency, and vehicle cost optimization without limiting design freedom and comfort.”

We provide solutions for electrification of mobility beyond state-of-the-art. We offer the fastest, most effective ways to first prototype based on custom-developed or off-the-shelf distributed powertrain solutions. We support you in vehicle electrification projects with complete system development and implementation know-how: from design, industrialization, production, testing and vehicle development.

History

The in-wheel legacy

Elaphe technology stems from the work of Andrej Detela, a world-class quantum physicist, who began investigating in-wheel motor solutions already back in the 1980s. Andrej Detela and Gorazd Lampič, Elaphe founder and CEO, joined forces in 2003 and founded Elaphe three years later with a mission to bring in-wheel powertrain solutions to the automotive mass market.

Elaphe has since invested heavily in numerous development areas, continually expanding its know-how, depth of experience and maturity of products. Elaphe R&D team utilizes state-of-the-art computational techniques that oﬀer reliable insight into multi-physics behavior of an in-wheel motor system (structural, fatigue, thermo-mechanical, electromagnetic-thermal, acoustic and other aspects of motor operation). Major areas of investment have been besides industry-grade testing and validation capacities, the development of proprietary control and monitoring hardware and software (Propulsion Control Unit, Inverters (Controllers), Condition monitoring, etc.), with the goal to maximize the useful advantages of in-wheel technology and to facilitate the use of the technology in niche markets, key for generating early cash-ﬂow, fueling investments, company growth and organization maturity.

Team

Today, Elaphe is represented by a team of vibrant, experienced and ambitious innovators, engineers, scientists, business folk and other key members of the Elaphe family.

Our team of physicists, mechanical and electrical engineers, among others, is committed to bringing new, innovative and disruptive environmentally-friendly technologies to the vast automotive industry market and further support the electric vehicle revolution.

Elaphe team members and the company are also recipients of numerous awards (i.e. Elaphe CTO was named a Rising Star in Automotive by Automotive News Europe), which provide us with additional confidence to continue full-steam-ahead on our ambitions path towards enabling the next generation of mobility solutions across many industries.

Partnerships & Collaboration

One of the core mantras of Elaphe’s business model is that we can all benefit from establishing key technology and market partnerships. In many aspects, such partnerships are also the most efficient and logical steps.

For example, Elaphe technology is based on high-versatility and compatibility with standard automotive parts that are used in vehicles today. The unique possibility to integrate with parts from across the automotive industry allows our partners easy integration of Elaphe solutions with complementary products and better positioning for the EV market revolution.

The distributed powertrain solutions, such as in-wheel propulsion, also help create a new level on the playing field for software and technology companies to build new User functionalities around the new data and control possibilities of the distributed powertrain.

Can we help you build vehicles of the future? Contact us at partners@elaphe-ev.com.