DETROIT — Diversified Canadian auto provider Magna Worldwide Inc. stated it is going to arrange a brand new EV heart at its U.S. headquarters because it gears up for the launch of its electrical powertrain system for vehicles in 2025.

In a information launch, the provider stated its U.S. headquarters in Troy, Mich., close to Detroit, can be dwelling to a “specialised group devoted to getting ready” the corporate’s EtelligentForce powertrain for its projected North American launch in 2025, along with “different EV merchandise.” Different particulars concerning the new EV heart weren’t instantly identified.

The creation of the brand new EV heart underscores the significance of electrification applied sciences to Magna as its clients put together to launch dozens of electrical automobiles within the coming years, together with pickups.

EtelligentForce, Magna’s battery-electric, four-wheel-drive powertrain system, is designed particularly for pickups and light-weight business automobiles and is able to towing as much as 14,500 kilos, based on the corporate. The system will use Magna’s “eBeam know-how,” which might change conventional axles, “accommodating present suspension and brake methods and avoiding the necessity for costly redesign of present truck platforms,” the provider stated in a information launch.

“EtelligentForce comes at a pivotal time – significantly within the North American auto business, the place pickup vehicles are at their top of recognition and one of many final segments to develop into absolutely electrical,” Magna Powertrain President Tom Rucker stated in an announcement.

Magna’s announcement comes on the day it was initially scheduled to ship a press convention at CES. The corporate withdrew from the Las Vegas present late final month amid rising COVID-19 circumstances as a result of omicron coronavirus variant.