INMOTIVE, INC.
INNOVATING A MORE EFFICIENT, MULTISPEED TRANSMISSION FOR EXTENDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE RANGEWITH SOLIDWORKS SOLUTIONS

Case Study

Inmotive relied on SOLIDWORKS product development solutions in inventing the Ingear ultraefficient,multispeed transmission, which extends electric vehicle (EV) range by up to 15 percent and also improves
EV top speed by up to 20 percent.

Challenge:
Quickly develop a next-generation two-speedtransmission for electric vehicles (EVs) to improvetransmission performance and efficiency—andextend EV range—to take advantage of theongoing boom in EVs.

Solution:
Implement SOLIDWORKS Premium, SOLIDWORKS
Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Standard 3D
design and product development tools to accelerate
development, and then add the SOLIDWORKS PDM
Professional product data management (PDM)
system to ramp up development and production inadvance of commercialization.

Results:• Fast-tracked breakthroughs and innovations• Obtained numerous patents with more pending• Attracted and engaged OEM Partnerships• Extended EV range by up to 15 percent

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices inEurope and China, Inmotive, Inc, is the inventorof the Ingear™, an ultraefficient, multispeed
powertrain technology for a wide range ofapplications. The Ingear transmission extends
electric vehicle (EV) range by up to 15 percent andalso improves EV top speed by up to 20 percent.
Other Ingear transmission benefits include theability to provide continuous torque during smooth,quiet shifts; a smaller footprint; and EV costs
that are substantially lower. The Ingear’s highly
reliable design also increases torque, acceleration,gradeability, and top speed, and it is protected by31 issued patents and 50+ patents pending.
When initial inventor, co-founder, and Chief
Technology Officer Anthony Wong launchedautomotive Ingear in 2016, the company embarked
on the challenge of evolving Wong’s original ideas
for an innovative, multispeed transmission for EVs
into a working proof-of-concept system, and then,a fully commercialized product to be licensed by
EV manufacturers and suppliers. Continuing todevelop and advance the Ingear system, which
required working with design team members,
experts, and contributors from around the globe,“The key aspect surrounding Ingear
development was achieving innovation
breakthroughs. SOLIDWORKS has
allowed us to fast-track breakthroughs andinnovations, resulting in a number of criticalpatents and IP [intellectual property]
development. SOLIDWORKS was the tool thatbridged the communications gap between theoriginal inventor’s concept and the final
working geometry of the design. In short,SOLIDWORKS supported our ongoing drive
towards innovation.”— Misagh Tabrizi, Advanced R&D Manager

demanded an easy-to-use product development
and engineering system with a short learning curve
to facilitate design communication, according toAdvanced R&D Manager Misagh Tabrizi.
“Selecting a design modeling and communication
tool that could support an efficient means ofinnovation was critically important for our company
because we needed to work with staff locatedremotely—not just because of COVID-19 lockdowns
but also because many of our development andvalidation partners are based in different parts ofthe globe,” Tabrizi explains. “That’s why we chose
the SOLIDWORKS® design system. It’s the perfectsystem for creating and optimizing our design,building proof-of-concept systems in actual cars,
and supporting prototype production.”
Inmotive chose SOLIDWORKS 3D design and productdevelopment tools—implementing SOLIDWORKS
Premium, SOLIDWORKS Professional, andSOLIDWORKS Standard solutions—because they areeasy to use, have a short learning curve, and arewidely known among designers, engineers, and recent
college graduates, facilitating recruitment efforts.
“We haven’t used any software but SOLIDWORKS for
creating and adapting models, securing approvals,
and designing rapid prototypes via 3D printing, andinterfacing with suppliers,” Tabrizi says.

FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIONBREAKTHROUGHS
Using SOLIDWORKS design tools, Inmotive has
quickly advanced Ingear development and completed
proof-of-concept testing with its adapted “mule”
demo car. Most EV motors on the market today
use single-speed transmissions with two helicalreduction gears between the motor and the wheels
because the motor turns about nine times for eachrevolution of the wheels. Ingear replaces the second
reduction gear with a continuous chain drive and an
innovative, morphing sprocket that resizes during
a shift. When the electric motor is able to operate
more efficiently, more of the battery’s power isused to move the car, and less is wasted as motor
and transmission heat. Less waste means morerange from each charge.
“The key aspect surrounding Ingear development
was achieving innovation breakthroughs,” Tabrizi
stresses. “SOLIDWORKS has allowed us to fasttrack breakthroughs and innovations, resulting ina number of critical patents and IP [intellectualproperty] development. SOLIDWORKS was the toolthat bridged the communications gap between theoriginal inventor’s concept and the final working
geometry of the design. In short, SOLIDWORKSsupported our ongoing drive towards innovation.”
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Inmotive leverages solidworks tools—including
high-quality images and video animationsof the ingear—to effectively communicate anddemonstrate how the ingear transmission
operates, which is vital to attracting and engaging
EV manufacturing partners. Inmotive is pleased
to have signed a joint development agreementwith Suzuki in early 2023 to develop an Ingear
two-speed transmission for a future Suzuki EV.
“SOLIDWORKS has truly been an accelerating toolfor us, enabling us to quickly progress from initial
ideation to the testing bench,” Tabrizi notes.

Using SOLIDWORKS solutions, Inmotive has been able to fast-track
innovations—such as the ability to provide continuous torque duringsmooth, quiet shifts; a smaller footprint; and EV costs that aresubstantially lower—and communicate these advances using
high-quality SOLIDWORKS images and video animations to attract
potential EV manufacturing partners, like the joint development
agreement it signed with Suzuki in early 2023 to develop an Ingear
two-speed transmission for a future Suzuki EV.

As Inmotive grows, the company plans on adding
the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional product datamanagement (PDM) system to its SOLIDWORKS
implementation to tighten revision controls andimprove data security. “Our goal is to develop
best-in-class transmissions for EVs, and as weembark upon the commercialization phase, we
simply need a better solution for managing ourgrowing volume of product design data,” Tabrizi
points out.

Inmotive, Inc.
VAR: Javelin Technologies, Inc., Oakville,ON, Canada
Headquarters: 75 Scarsdale Road,Unit 102 North York, ON M3B 2R2CanadaPhone: +1 647 834 3040
For more informationwww.inmotive.com“The two-speed Ingear transmission is only thebeginning, and future plans to develop three-speed(or more) transmissions is not impossible,”Tabriziadds. “As our development effort grows, we’ll lookto the SOLIDWORKS PDM system to support ourdevelopment needs just as SOLIDWORKS design
tools have.”

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