Demand for functional safety in e-mobility and mechanical engineering is increasing.
The St. Gallen-based development service provider for electromobility and mechanical engineering, Durot Electric, is moving into a new company headquarters and doubling the size of its development center. In the new building, the engineering firm creates an additional department for the functional safety of electric vehicles and machines.
E-mobility ensures growing order volume
Numerous development departments are currently working on new electric vehicle models or are venturing into series production. Against this backdrop, Durot Electric is registering rapidly growing demand for development services. The functional safety of electric vehicles and machines in particular is becoming increasingly important.
The driver is the implementation of standards – such as ISO 26262 for motor vehicles – which set the framework for the series development of vehicles with electric drives. This also applies to the electrification of machines, where standards such as ISO 13849 or IEC 61508 are decisive. “For some of our customers, electrification is new territory. Others lack the necessary capacity or experience to apply the standards quickly,” observes Fredi Durot, founder and member of the management team at Durot Electric GmbH.
New Functional Safety Department
Durot Electric is taking the growing need for development as an opportunity to strengthen the corresponding field of work. “The know-how in functional safety, or FuSi for short among developers, can only be transferred to a limited extent. Engineers specializing in this field have to take a particularly holistic view of systems and understand them, which requires a lot of practical experience,” emphasizes Durot. The newly created department at the company’s new headquarters in Mörschwil will therefore support customers in implementing safety aspects in the series development of electric vehicles and machines.
The engineers in the newly created department minimize the risks of malfunctions in electrical and electronic systems in vehicles and machines and shorten development cycles. The range of services also includes the creation of standard-compliant concepts, analyses, the selection of components and the management of “FuSi”. In addition, the engineers can support and accompany the entire series development process.
Many years of experience in e-mobility and mechanical engineering
Founded in 2017, Durot Electric has established itself as an engineering company for electromobility and mechanical engineering. The company is benefiting from the ongoing electrification of sports cars, commercial vehicles and work machinery. As a contract developer, Durot Electric supports its customers with the development of systems, software and prototyping.
The founders and the engineering team had previously worked together on projects involving the development of super sports cars and electric trucks. The business relationships established back then form the basis of today’s order growth. In order to handle the new projects and expand the company, Durot Electric moves to its new headquarters in neighboring Mörschwil. The new building will house the prototype workshop as well as the development and administration departments.
Company portrait
Durot Electric GmbH, based in Mörschwil in the canton of St. Gallen, is one of Switzerland’s leading development service providers in the field of electromobility. The company was founded in 2017 by developers with many years of industry and project experience. The company has had a new branch in Winterthur since 2022. Durot Electric’s range of services includes the development of safe systems, software and electromechanics as well as the provision of components. The offer is aimed at manufacturers of electric vehicles, electric machines and robots. By successfully supporting vehicle and mechanical engineering companies with electrification, the company is making a sustainable contribution to conserving finite resources.