With the start of series production in Q3/2020, the CeTrax electric central drive will be ZF’s second electric drive for EVs and will be made in Friedrichshafen. The Polish bus manufacturer Solaris is one of the first major customers.

US Local Motors caught a lot of attention with a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle Olli as early as 2017. Fast-forward to 2020, and we sat down with Local Motors CEO John B. Rogers and his UK partners from Protean.

The Aion S electric sedan, presented by the Chinese manufacturer GAC at the Guangzhou Motor Show, will be the first model to use Nidec’s fully integrated e-axle when it is launched next year.

Schaeffler continues on the path towards supplying the EV industry as they acquire Elmotec Statomat. The company is a leading manufacturer of machinery made for volume production of electric motors so you see where this is going.

Electric boat motor specialist Torqeedo announces new motors for electric boats for 2019. The new drives essentially double the performance and can be integrated in a twin system then delivering up to 200 kW – twice as much as before.

Daimler is readying its component plants in Hamburg and Berlin to incorporate key components for electric mobility. In future, the factories will supply electric drive modules, rear axles and lightweight components for the Mercedes EQC.

News reach us speaking of two strategic cooperations. Electric carmaker WM Motor of China has turned to BorgWarner as a seasoned supplier of electric drives. Also Byton, China’s EV startup with a western all-star board, announced a cooperation with Bosch.

ElringKlinger is ready to show new product innovations at the IAA Commercial Vehicles, particularly in the battery and fuel cell technology areas. An example is their PEM fuel cell stack with 260 cells. The supplier also packed new electric drive units to go on display. 

The Austrian company is moving to greener pastures and has presented a serial-ready, automated two-gear transmission for electric vehicles. It is attached to a specially developed transmission architecture developed in cooperation with Sala Drive.

The US American company Lightning Systems has announced a new electric motor system for medium weight trucks (Class 6), specifically for Low Cab Forward Trucks with a total weight between 19,501 to 26,000 pounds.