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On July 16, Geely Galaxy released the world's first "Thunder 16-in-1 Intelligent Electric Drive" (hereinafter referred to as Thunder 16-in-1) at Xingqu Technology's Wuxi base, and will equip it first on Geely Galaxy TT. At the launch event, this electric drive system won two Guinness World Records. Galaxy TT completed the lowest energy consumption challenge for a mass-produced pure electric sedan around Qinghai Lake, with a measured power consumption of 8.20kWh/100km; simultaneously completed the longest continuous dual-car drifting challenge on a slippery road surface, with a continuous drifting distance exceeding 46 km, breaking the record held by Porsche in 2020.
But if you zoom the camera back a bit, you will find that the true protagonist of this launch event was not actually the Thunder 16-in-1, but the partner behind this system, Xingqu Technology. It is the "ace card" of electric drive technology, according to Li Chuanhai, Vice President of Geely Automobile Group and Dean of Geely Automobile Research Institute.
This is the first time Xingqu Technology has stepped into the spotlight as an independent identity. In the previous few years, it existed more as a behind-the-scenes supplier, assisting customers in achieving multiple industry premieres. In addition to Geely, Xingqu Technology is also a partner behind a long list of globally recognized automakers such as Renault, Jaguar Land Rover, Vinfast, HORSE, and Tier 1.
01.
Who is Xingqu Technology
Xingqu Technology, English name InfiMotion, Infi comes from Infinite, Motion means power, implying "providing infinite power for the future". It is an independently operated global electric drive system supplier, whose products and technology services cover brands such as Geely, Zeekr, Lynk & Co, Volvo, smart, Polestar, Proton, as well as international automakers such as Jaguar Land Rover and Renault, and has established deep cooperation with international top-tier Tier 1 suppliers such as ZF and Magna Powertrain.
Geely Galaxy is a representative of its many customers.
Its technical resume is not short.
In 2021, Xingqu Technology pioneered the first 400V SiC electric drive solution in China on the Zeekr 001, which remains a classic benchmark for electric drive efficiency and performance to date;
In 2024, Xingqu Technology mass-produced the world's first 11-in-1 domain control electric drive, equipped on Geely Galaxy E5, it is the pioneer of the super-integrated electric drive route, and the first-equipped vehicle has also become the sales champion for exports of China's A-segment pure electric SUV;
In 2025, Xingqu Technology first applied magnesium alloy housing technology to the distributed electric drive system, and then immediately mass-produced the world's first 900V high-performance magnesium alloy coaxial dual electric drive.
Today, Xingqu Technology's revenue has grown from 40 million yuan in its first year to over 20 billion yuan this year. There are nearly 1,000 R&D engineers, with the Sweden team exceeding 100 people. The R&D and manufacturing network spans Wuxi, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Quzhou in China, as well as Sweden and Malaysia, covering Eurasia and serving the global market.
Therefore, the Thunder 16-in-1 was able to win two Guinness World Records as soon as it was launched. Relying on it behind the scenes is not luck in a single instance, but the result of years of technical accumulation by Geely and Xingqu Technology.
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The advantages of Thunder 16-in-1 are not limited to ultra-high integration
The voltage platform of Thunder 16-in-1 is 800V, peak power is 245kW, and peak torque is 320Nm.
Its "16" refers to 16 functions and components deeply integrated into one system: motor, motor controller, reducer, DCDC, OBC, PDU, HBMS, LBMS, VCU, TMS, active pre-charge control, powertrain gateway, as well as intelligent energy management, intelligent energy replenishment management, intelligent motion control, and intelligent health management.
After integration, high-voltage harnesses are reduced by 30%, low-voltage harnesses are reduced by 15%. Combined with magnesium alloy housing, the whole unit is reduced by 20kg, weighing only 75kg; Z-dimension size is less than 325mm, 8% lower than industry mainstream multi-in-one products.
There is a natural contradiction in multi-in-one systems: the more components integrated, the easier efficiency losses are to accumulate. Thunder 16-in-1's CLTC comprehensive efficiency reached 93.8%, number one in its class, already close to the level of a three-in-one electric drive. Behind it are two methodologies called "Joule Engineering" and "Mirror Engineering", deeply integrating technical points such as 800V high-voltage platform, SiC power modules, Umini-Pin flat wire windings, ultra-thin silicon steel sheets, gear honing, low-viscosity lubricating oil, and active lubrication technology into a system-level solution.
Beyond performance, what is more worth noting is the reconstruction of the control chain. In traditional electric drives, control algorithms are distributed in different chips, and signals have to be "transferred across departments", with an average response latency of 40 milliseconds. Thunder 16-in-1 adopts a single-chip integrated architecture, compressing this chain to the fastest 2 milliseconds. Ren Xiangfei, Chief Engineering Technology Scientist of Geely Automobile Group, gave an analogy at the launch event: the difference of these two milliseconds is like Messi, who is 39 years old, still leading the team to turn the tables in adversity, relying on a reaction that is naturally one beat faster than others, and the gap between top-tier and ordinary often lies between this beat. Combined with AI deviation predictive control, real-time torque deviation was reduced from 3% to 1%, and this control capability was finally verified in the extreme scenario of 46 km continuous dual-car drifting.
Continuous output capability relies on thermal management as a safety net. Thunder 16-in-1 adopted 54-way directional cooling technology for the first time. 54 nozzles precisely cover the winding ends and rotor cores, reducing the maximum motor temperature by 15°C and increasing insulation life by 10%.
In terms of reliability, 16-in-1 reduced over 180 components at the design stage, lowering failure points structurally. This system ultimately passed over 9,000 test items, and vehicle-level road durability verification cumulative exceeded 5 million km, and much of these tests and verification work were completed by Xingqu Technology's test system.
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Assisting customers in multiple premieres, where does Xingqu Technology really excel
In fact, to turn an advanced electric drive system into a product that can be mass-produced stably and withstand 9,000 tests, there is still a long way to go in between.
This road is hard to walk, but it is exactly where Xingqu Technology's core competitiveness lies.
Xingqu Technology CEO Lin Xiaozhe summarized the company's capabilities into three core strengths: technology, quality, and globalization. The first two determine whether Xingqu Technology can precisely manufacture the system; the third determines whether Xingqu Technology can gain global customer recognition.
Technical strength can be intuitively shown from the rigor of "1 mm".
The efficiency of multi-in-one electric drives can be affected by various factors, one of which is the flat wire windings in the motor stator. The parts sticking out at both ends of the winding are called "end turns". This part of the copper wire does not participate in work, but it is always consuming electricity and occupying space. Starting from first principles, Xingqu Technology's logic is simple: since it doesn't do work, it must be compressed to the extreme.
Saying this is light, but doing it is hard.
From a coil of copper wire to a set of flat wire windings, it goes through multiple processes such as straightening, enamel removal, 2D and 3D forming, wire insertion, twisting, expanding, and welding. During this process, if the enamel breaks it will short circuit, if the twisting angle is off the copper wires will interfere with each other, if the weld strength is not enough or there is missed welding, the entire stator will be scrapped. Xingqu Technology's R&D and process teams, in order to reduce the end height by 1 mm, need to repeatedly optimize every process parameter. Every set of matching new tooling fixtures needs to spend several months adjusting.
In 2022, the end height of Xingqu Technology's first-generation U-Pin motor was 8~10 mm; this year, the 4 mm height Umini-P product has gone into production; the next generation 3 mm U-MiniP evo is also on the way (2027). And the current industry average level is still around 5 mm.
The Thunder 16-in-1 used in this event is using this Umini-Pin process. The end height is reduced by 4 mm, and the total length of copper wire per motor is shortened by about 1,296 mm, and copper loss is reduced by over 2%. This is not a technology temporarily overcome by this product, but experience accumulated by Xingqu Technology with a monthly shipment volume exceeding 100,000 units.
This rigor is also reflected in materials and NVH. Xingqu Technology is the first enterprise in the industry to mass-produce 900V magnesium alloy dual electric drives. The magnesium alloy housing reduces weight by over 30% compared to traditional aluminum alloys, and Thunder 16-in-1 is already the fourth product to mass-produce and apply this technology. At the same time, Xingqu Technology is also exploring the application space of amorphous materials to further improve motor efficiency.
In terms of NVH, Xingqu Technology treats it as a "sensory engineering" to overcome — electromagnetic harmonic optimization, gear micro-modification, housing modal analysis and structural frequency avoidance, compressing vehicle cabin noise to below 25 decibels, and also introducing AI large models to analyze massive data to improve noise performance from the source.
Quality strength is reflected in generous investment in test benches.
In 2024, Xingqu Technology commissioned the world's first 30,000 rpm motor direct drive test bench. Before this, the highest speed of global motor test benches was 25,000 rpm. Exceeding this number, the bench would be pushed into the blank area after the limit. Xingqu Technology and the bench supplier team fought for several months to solve this problem, and now this equipment has been running stably for over 10,000 hours.
At the same time, Xingqu Technology is also the fourth electric drive enterprise in China to have assembly-level (motor + controller) EMC testing capabilities, with the entire EMC lab investment exceeding 10 million.
Beyond single-item capabilities, what best reflects Xingqu Technology's emphasis on quality is its set of complete validation systems.
Xingqu Technology test center obtained CNAS national certification, able to cover 100% of electric drive test requirements. Every electric drive development process must go through temperature field tests from -60°C to 140°C, 660,000 peak torque cycles, and over 2,500 hours of comprehensive durability tests. Durability tests start at 300,000 km, reaching up to 800,000 km. To meet the global market, they also have to go through over 1,500 hours of salt spray durability tests.
Not only that, Xingqu Technology has also built an AI test data platform, precipitating 300,000 hours of historical data, using failure prediction models to identify potential risks in advance.
Xingqu Technology has finally implemented this system to the manufacturing end.
Xingqu Technology has deployed five major intelligent manufacturing bases in China, with electric drive total annual capacity of 3 million units. The production line's highest automation rate exceeds 95%, placement machine accuracy is ±25 microns, measurement equipment accuracy is 0.1 microns, which is equivalent to 1% of a cell size. The production line also sets up 106 error-proofing processes, using a 20 million pixel AI visual inspection system to identify subtle defects, with a minimum recognition accuracy of 20 microns. Every part has a digital identity upon entering the site, and process parameters, operators, and quality data are traceable throughout.
The electric drive industry, when it comes to the later stage, is not about single-point technology, but about system capability. Single-point technology can make prototypes, only system capability can ensure stable mass production. Xingqu Technology has repeatedly won industry premieres, relying precisely on this complete closed loop from technology to manufacturing.
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Xingqu Technology's global path: an "unconventional" choice
Where Xingqu Technology is more worth expanding is its globalization path.
Many parts companies' logic of going global is to first run scale domestically, and then push mature products to overseas markets. Xingqu Technology chose another approach: putting global R&D, global validation, global processes, and global customer coordination in advance.
Lin Xiaozhe said very directly: the electric drive industry has no option of "domestic first, then global". Different regions have huge differences in environmental conditions, and these diverse global demands will push the product to different boundaries. Whether a system can enter the global automaker supply chain depends not only on performance parameters, but also on software processes, functional safety, validation standards, manufacturing consistency, and response speed.
Lin Xiaozhe cited a European customer case. Xingqu Technology received an order from a European luxury brand customer this year. The other party put forward over 9,000 test indicators, one of which required a large SUV to reach 107% climbing ability, converted to a gradient of about 47 degrees. This has almost never appeared in China.
This indicator is harsh because ordinary family sedans usually have a climbing ability of 15 to 20 degrees, professional off-road vehicles are at 30 to 40 degrees, and vehicles that can reach 45 degrees are already rare. More difficultly, customers require the vehicle to not only climb up, but also be able to stop on a 45-degree slope and start again.
This tests not a single motor power. When the vehicle starts under near-limit slopes, the lubrication system needs to cover all conditions, high-performance motors continuously output high torque, and the motor control system must also adjust wheel-end torque distribution at microsecond level speed, making the vehicle stable, climbable, and non-slip.
This case can explain a characteristic of Xingqu Technology going global. Overseas customers do not just look at electric drive parameter tables, but use real-world scenarios and extreme conditions to test suppliers. Whether entering a European luxury brand project depends on whether motors, motor controllers, lubrication, thermal management, software control, and verification systems can pass together.
In terms of overseas layout, Xingqu Technology has established an R&D and after-sales service center in Gothenburg, Sweden, with full industry chain design, development, and manufacturing capabilities from key components to assembly system levels. Another difficulty of globalization is collaborative development. For this, Xingqu Technology has built a cloud-based collaborative development platform called "World Tree", allowing China and Europe teams to complete software, hardware, and algorithm collaborative development in the same system. This name is taken from the tree in Nordic mythology that connects nine worlds. Xingqu Technology develops according to ASPICE Level 3 processes, following ASIL D highest functional safety level.
For overseas customers, these process capabilities are often more critical than individual performance indicators. It determines whether a supplier can enter project early development, participate in vehicle definition, and bear long-term iteration responsibility.
Changes can also be seen on the customer side. Xingqu Technology has signed nearly 30 billion yuan orders with top European automakers such as UK, France, Germany, and Tier 1. 2026 export growth is expected to exceed 100%.
This shows that Xingqu Technology's global expansion output is not a single electric drive product, but a complete engineering capability from R&D, testing, manufacturing to customer coordination.
This path has barriers and also value. The domestic new energy market has pushed the electric drive to a stage of high efficiency, high integration, and high cost-performance. Overseas markets will continue to filter suppliers using regulations, roads, climate, customer processes, and reliability standards. Xingqu Technology entering the global system in advance is equivalent to putting itself in a stricter evaluation environment. In the short term, this will increase development difficulty; in the long term, it will raise the enterprise's capability ceiling.
Summary.
This launch of Thunder 16-in-1, on the surface, is a Geely electric drive new product launch, but if placed on a longer timeline, it seems more like a centralized display of Xingqu Technology's phased capabilities.
From 400V SiC, to 11-in-1 domain control electric drive, to 900V magnesium alloy coaxial dual electric drive and Thunder 16-in-1, Xingqu Technology has formed a continuous technical promotion rhythm. This behind-the-scenes cannot be separated from the support of R&D teams, test benches, intelligent manufacturing bases, global customers, and complete process systems.
In addition, those detail capabilities usually ignored are also equally important. Tooling adjusted for months for 1 mm, test benches running stably for over 10,000 hours of 30,000 rpm, verification systems behind over 9,000 tests, and also the persistence of "leaving problems in the laboratory" which sounds simple but is hard to do.
Thunder 16-in-1 is certainly the protagonist product of this launch, but what it truly points to is the capability upgrade of Xingqu Technology as an independent electric drive supplier. Electric drives are moving from behind the scenes to the spotlight, and Xingqu Technology is gradually becoming an independent brand remembered by the industry, changing from an invisible supplier supplying multiple car companies. And this launch is just the first one fully told among its many global customer cooperation cases.
When new energy vehicle competition enters the system capability stage, whether a car company can continuously launch high-efficiency, high-performance, and high-reliability products can no longer be seen just from vehicle definition, but also whether it has powerful partners behind it, handling electric drive technology platforms, manufacturing systems, and global delivery capabilities.
Xingqu Technology is exactly such a partner being chosen by more car companies simultaneously.
