Taiwan electronics group is developing "Voltec-like" vehilce

This sounds like GM’s Voltec technology. If it is, it’s a curious direction for an Asian manufacturer since PHEV’s running solely on electric power are considered the better option for their market as opposed to GM’s Voltec which gives a vehicle greater autonomy compatible with North American driving patterns.

Delta Electronics Targeting Electric Powertrain Market; Series Hybrid Test Vehicle On the Road 27 November 2009 The series hybrid system in a cutaway chassis. Photo: Business Wire. Click to enlarge.

Taiwan-based Delta Group, the world’s largest provider of switching power supplies and DC brushless fans, as well as a major supplier of power management solutions, components, visual displays, industrial automation, networking products, and renewable energy solutions, is entering the electric powertrain market.

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has integrated existing automation, motor, servo-motor and electrical electronics technologies to develop its own gasoline-electric series hybrid propulsion system—the first gasoline-electric hybrid propulsion system developed by a Taiwanese electronics company. The design includes battery pack, power inverter, power control unit, traction motor and vehicle control unit.

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