Electric vehicles are not defined by hardware alone. The motor, inverter and battery provide the core system, but software controls how that system performs. Equipmake develops both together.
Its software manages torque delivery, energy use, thermal protection and drivetrain response. It is also used to calibrate the vehicle around its actual operating conditions.
A bus, fire appliance, airport support vehicle and off-highway machine all operate under different loads, temperatures and duty cycles. A standard setup is unlikely to suit every application. Equipmake addresses this by tuning the complete drivetrain to the vehicle.
Its engineering work covers motors, power electronics, battery integration, thermal management, software, simulation and validation. These areas are developed as part of the same system rather than as separate components. The result is a drivetrain designed around how the vehicle will be used in practice.
Software is central to that process. It determines how torque is delivered, how energy is managed and how the system responds when operating conditions change. It also helps keep components within their required thermal limits.
The company can work across the full drivetrain and adjust the interaction between hardware and software for a specific vehicle programme. That reduces the risk of having strong individual components that are poorly matched when brought together.
A drivetrain for a bus may need to prioritise repeated acceleration and predictable energy use. A fire appliance may require a different response profile. Airport and off-highway vehicles bring their own operating requirements. Equipmake’s model is to engineer around those differences rather than treat electrification as a one-size-fits-all process.
Equipmake Holdings plc (AQSE:EQIP) delivers lightweight, high‑performance electric propulsion systems – designed, integrated, and rigorously tested to meet the exacting demands of next‑generation technology.
