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ZF showcased its new AxTrax 2 LF electric portal axle for low-floor city buses. The series production of AxTrax 2 LF is set to commence in 2025. The new axle represents ZF’s latest e-Mobility evolution, offering improved performance to further support the commercial vehicle industry’s transformation...

The world-premiere of ZF’s latest electric mobility low-floor solution for city buses will take place in Brussels at Busworld Europe 2023. It’ll go along with the exhibition of CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive for electric buses and coaches (also on display at UITP Summit): it offers a con...

ZF will take the opportunity of UITP summit in Barcelona to showcase for the first time in Europe the CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive system for buses. It features an integrated three-speed transmission. This, “together with the system’s low weight of 385 kg, makes tackling steeper slopes...

At the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, ZF premiered its all-new AxTrax 2 electric axle platform. Series production of AxTrax 2 is planned to begin in Europe in late 2024 and in the U.S. in 2025, ZF states. What is very interesting, it will be offered in two variants: AxTrax 2 with one e-dr...

Wolfspeed, a leading company in Silicon Carbide technology, has joined forces with ZF in a strategic partnership that involves the creation of a joint innovation lab to develop Silicon Carbide systems and devices for mobility, energy, and industrial applications. Silicon carbide technology is approa...

ZF has unveiled its next generation autonomous shuttle. They claim it is built for operations “in urban environments and mixed traffic” and features Level 4 capabilities. It is developed in cooperation with U.S. mobility services provider Beep. The partnership between the German giant an...

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This final piece underlines the critical role of battery analytics in effectively navigating the complexities of monitoring battery degradation, conducting safety audits, and evaluating the eligibility of batteries for second-life applications.

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ZF is launching its new Collision Mitigation System (CMS) specifically designed for city buses. Offering active braking to help avoid head-on crashes with other road users, including vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, the system also helps counteract the negative impact of the moment of braking on ...

ZF acquired 6% stake in StradVision, a South Korean pioneer in artificial intelligence based vision processing technology for autonomous vehicles and ADAS systems. StradVision, as reported on Sustainable Truck&Van, managed to develop software capable of allowing vehicles to ...

ZF autonomous shuttle was presented to Trudy Harrison, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport and Isobel Pastor, Head of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) at the Department for Transport (DfT) in late February. ZF says it «has accelerated the development of shuttle tech...

ZF announced the successful start of its new “Commercial Vehicle Solutions” (CVS) division with effect from January 1, 2022. The new division «combines ZF’s expertise in the commercial vehicle industry and will significantly advance solutions for safe, sustainable and digitized transport», the compa...

ZF CeTrax, it’s time for series production. The central electric motore made in Friedrichshafen will join the well know AxTrax electric axle in order to widen the portfolio of zero emission drivetrains developed for commercial vehicles. Starting in the third quarter of 2020, ZF electric centra...

ZF joins the MaaS Alliance, a pan-European interest group of companies and public and private societies that aims to bring about a paradigm shift in urban mobility, promote networked mobility concepts, and create uniform standards for technologies and legislation. City centers ask for integrated mob...

Take a standard diesel bus, remove the internal combustion engine and replace it with electric axle (by ZF) and battery pack. Here we are: a new (more or less…) electric bus is ready for the road. With the awareness that this is a compromise solution, useful during a transition period that may...

ZF launches a new central drive for electric buses and medium-duty trucks. The application has been developed in China and is addressed to Chinese market, where also the production will take place from 2020. Moreover, Chinese EV market is the biggest in the world (in the country around 18 per cent o...

ZF is highlighting two market successes for its AxTrax AVE electric portal axle (initially known as AVE 130). Firstly, 31 of the famous red London double-decker buses will be equipped with this technology. The electric buses will be built by British manufacturer Optare and comply with one of the str...

ZF and e.GO Mobile are developing the electric shuttle (eventually driverless) e.GO Mover under the umbrella of the newly founded e.GO Moove GmbH joint venture (ZF owns 40 per cent). It’ll be used mainly for deliveries, but can be transformed into a minibus able to carry up to 15 people. The c...

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Latest articles

Up the curtain on the AxTrax 2 electric axle by ZF (with series production to begin in 2025)

ZF at Busworld with CeTrax 2 and the “World-premiere of electric portal axle”

ZF to showcase new CeTrax 2 with 3-speed transmission at UITP Summit (and is entering the remote diagnostics field)

ZF unveils next generation e-axle AxTrax 2. Also available in 2-drives variant

ZF cooperates with Wolfspeed in the development of Silicon Carbide systems (also for commercial vehicles)

ZF launched new generation driverless shuttle in cooperation with Beep (thus doubling its autonomous offer)

Highlights

How to make the most of a battery capacity and still be able to monetize it for second life?

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ZF unveils new collision avoidance system for city buses

ZF acquired a stake in the South Korean AI company StradVision (in view of autonomous driving developments)

ZF autonomous shuttle presented in UK

ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions launched

ZF CeTrax, it’s time for series production. The central motor joins the electric axle AxTrax

ZF joins the MaaS Alliance. Mobility as a Service for integrated mobility in city centers

e-troFit turns ICE into electric buses. With ZF powertrain

ZF to produce a central drive in China, for Chinese electric bus market

The electric axle ZF on Optare and New Flyer buses

Zf and e.GO Mobile for the electric shuttle e.GO Mover

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