Raser Announces New Technology at 2006 SAE World Congress

Raser Technologies participated again in Detroit's Cobo Center for the annual Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress on April 3 through April 6.

Attending the conference were U.S. and international automakers, tier one automotive suppliers, component manufacturers, and automotive industry representatives from around the world.

The Cobo Center, home of the annual SAE World Congress in Detroit, Michigan.


Automotive companies and suppliers from around the world attend and exhibit at the conference each year.

Raser introduced exciting advancements in Symetron™ technology, including the Symetron™ P-50 Hybrid Propulsion Integrated Starter Alternator, (ISA) Drive System. 

The P-50 is an AC induction motor, slim in its design, and capable of 48 kilo watts peak power, generating 20 kilo watts of power.


Raser's P-50 drive system provides automakers a low-cost solution for eliminating starter motors and alternators found in today's conventional internal combustion engine vehicles.  The P-50 ISA  provides automakers immediate hybrid benefits of idle reduction, launch assist, vehicle propulsion and power generation.

Raser¹s Symetron™  100kW controller for the P-50 ISA.

The P-50 Drive System incorporates Symetron™ proprietary control software and motor designs. The motor's slim design at 107mm in length and weighing in at only 30kg, the P-50 demonstrates 48kW of peak power, 230Nm of peak torque, and a peak efficiency of 94%.  As a generator, the P-50 generates 20kW of power.


Racing legend, Danny Sullivan, presents to the media at the Raser Press Conference on April 3.

Raser Performance Advisory Board Member and racing legend, Danny Sullivan, participated with Raser's team during the show and spoke with members of the media during Raser's press conference.


Danny fields some Q&A from the media.

"Raser has developed a drive system for automakers to provide powerful, economical, and performance-driven hybrid benefits for consumers," said Sullivan.  "The P-50 Drive System provides technology and designs automakers could implement in their current vehicles to give us those benefits we want from our cars today."