Lulai Capital leads the Italian electric drive supplier Ma Wei, which will provide the core components of the "next generation" platform.

CTOnews.com August 10 news, according to the "Lai Capital" website today announcement, recently Lai Capital led the investment in electric drive solution provider "Mawei Mavel" A round of financing.

According to reports, Mavel was founded in Italy in 1999 by a team of European scientists. The company name Mavel comes from the Italian abbreviation combination of Macchina (machine) and Veloci (high speed), which means "high speed machine". At the same time, the company's core teams come from Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, SAIC, BAIC and other car factories, and have provided electric drive solutions for many world-renowned vehicle manufacturers.

The announcement also said that Ma Wei will get the "project development point of the next generation of core components of a platform". According to an analysis by Weibo blogger @ Star Channel, this means that the "100,000 entry-level brand" fireflies that Weilai faces the European market are expected to use motors provided by Ma Wei.

As a key component of new energy vehicle, electric drive system is composed of drive motor, motor controller and transmission system, which is equivalent to the "heart" of new energy vehicle, and its performance determines the power and economy of the whole vehicle. it also plays a key role in the comfort and safety of the whole vehicle.

According to a report by CTOnews.com in April this year, Qin Lihong, president of Xilai Automobile, said in an interview with the media that "Alps" and "firefly" are internal project code names of Weilai, not brand names. " Alps "mainly for the mid-market, direct competitors are Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen products of these brands." Firefly, on the other hand, is a smaller model, and both brands are in full preparation and will be available by the end of next year.