HIGEN Motor speeds ahead in Asian motor technology
- Having invested US$30 million on research and development towards motor technology for EVs and robotics, HIGEN Motor now leads the innovative race towards the advancement of the motor manufacturing sector
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Be it compressors, fans, cars or pumps – motors are the driving force behind all machines with mechanical motion. Boosting the quality and standard of motors in the industry for 57 years, HIGEN Motor shapes the future through motor technology and control technology with its expertise in low-voltage and high-voltage industrial motors, servo drives, servo motors, electric vehicle (EV) motors, and motion control systems.
Initially a business division of the multinational company LG Group of Korea, HIGEN Motor was acquired in 2008 by Dr Kim Jae-hak, the company’s current CEO. Having invested US$30 million on research and development (R&D) towards motor technology for EVs and robotics, HIGEN Motor now leads the innovative race towards the advancement of the motor manufacturing sector.
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“In a not-so-distant future, internal combustion engines of vehicles will be almost totally replaced with electric motors. This is good news to us, as we are the only Korean company other than Hyundai Motor that offers solutions in that field,” Kim says. “I want to focus on the commercial vehicle segment of the EV market, such as buses and trucks, and the micro-mobility segment, such as two-wheeler and three-wheeler vehicles.”
