Award-Winning Partnership: MAHLE and Jožef Stefan Institute Advance Automotive Motor Technology

MAHLE Electric Drives Slovenia d.o.o. is an internationally recognized manufacturer of components for the automotive industry. In collaboration with researchers from the Department of Intelligent Systems and the Department of Computer Systems at the Jožef Stefan Institute, they developed a new electric motor for use in vehicle power steering systems.

The result of this collaboration is a technically advanced and cost-effective motor that significantly enhances the company’s competitiveness in the market. For this achievement, the company and the Institute received the TARAS award for successful cooperation between industry and the research and development environment at the Industrial Forum IRT 2023 in Portorož.

The researchers and the company were connected based on an identified technological challenge through the Service for Content Support of Projects, Technology Transfer, and Innovation, as well as the Service for Cooperation with Industry at the Jožef Stefan Institute, which also provided ongoing support regarding intellectual property issues and the formalization of the partnership.