Transportation Systems

Overview

History

For close to seven decades, Mitsubishi Electric has provided groundbreaking new innovations in the transportation industry. We’re proud of our record of firsts in the technologies and systems that continue to keep society mobile.

1950

1960

First advance into overseas markets: Delivery of electrical components to Indian Railways

Advance into European market: Delivery of electrical components for the Spanish National Railway Network

Completion of traction motors for Shinkansen production cars

Marketing of Japan’s first* Automatic Train Control (ATC) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) equipment

Traction motor for Shinkansen production cars

1970

World’s first* mass production and delivery of chopper control system

Chopper control system

  • CFC evaporative cooling rectifier

  • Regenerative inverter

1980

Japan's first delivery of Unattended Train Operation (UTO) system

Delivery of Japan’s first* VVVF inverter for 1500V catenary

  • VVVF inverter for 1500V catenary

  • Flywheel-type train line power storage equipment

1990

Delivery of converter-inverter applying IPM semiconductors (First for Shinkansen*)

Converter-inverter applying IPM semiconductors

2000

Delivery of Japan’s first* Train Integrated Management System (TIMS)

Delivery of Japan’s* first passenger information system (Train Vision)

Delivery of totally enclosed induction motor

Marketing of air conditioning using substitute refrigerant

  • Train Vision

  • Totally enclosed induction motor

  • AU726A-G4 air conditioning

2010

Marketing of world’s first* VVVF inverter using SiC

Delivery of world’s first* auxiliary power supply using SiC

Marketing of Station Energy Saving Inverter (S-EIV)

  • VVVF inverter using SiC

  • Auxiliary power supply using SiC

  • Station Energy Saving Inverter (S-EIV)

*According to in-house survey conducted in March 2017