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ZF LAUNCHES US PRODUCTION OF POWERLINE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS
ZF’s first North American flex manufacturing facility will produce both conventional and electrified driveline technologies.
ZF Gray Court, South Carolina Facility
ZF announced that the first PowerLine 8-speed automatic transmissions rolled off the production line in late 2023 at its Gray Court, South Carolina, manufacturing facility. As part of a $200 million investment announced in 2021, ZF is now ramping up production to 200,000 transmissions per year by 2025 to satisfy demand from US commercial vehicle manufacturers, including three US-based customers.
ZF PowerLine, designed for class 5 commercial vehicles to class 8 trucks, utilizes ZF’s patented 8-speed gear layout, with gear ratios ideally stepped to deliver increased torque at launch and higher top gear for improved fuel economy. These gear ranges utilize intelligent software to help further improve shift quality, safety, acceleration, and overall performance.
PowerLine transmissions began rolling off the Gray Court production lines in Q4 of 2023, and will ramp up quickly with a capacity of more than 200,000 transmissions by 2025.Nearly 50,000-square-feet of ZF's Gray Court facility is now dedicated to PowerLine production for the North American commercial vehicle customer base.
In specific applications, PowerLine offers fuel savings of up to 10 percent and may promote enhanced acceleration performance compared to transmissions in this vehicle class. Vehicle safety is as always of utmost importance and ZF PowerLine is loaded with features including, Autopark, to help ensure the park lock is engaged even if the driver forgets to select the park position or set the parking brake; Hill Hold, to help prevent rollback when launching from a stop on an incline; and Shift-by-Wire, with integrated stalk shift selector enhancing ergonomics and improving maneuverability.
ZF Powerline Transmission
The 1,687,000-square-foot Gray Court, South Carolina manufacturing facility is the first in the U.S. to produce the PowerLine transmission.
ZF announced that the first PowerLine 8-speed automatic transmissions rolled off the production line in late 2023 at its Gray Court, South Carolina, manufacturing facility. As part of a $200 million investment announced in 2021, ZF is now ramping up production to 200,000 transmissions per year by 2025 to satisfy demand from US commercial vehicle manufacturers, including three US-based customers.
ZF PowerLine, designed for class 5 commercial vehicles to class 8 trucks, utilizes ZF’s patented 8-speed gear layout, with gear ratios ideally stepped to deliver increased torque at launch and higher top gear for improved fuel economy. These gear ranges utilize intelligent software to help further improve shift quality, safety, acceleration, and overall performance.
PowerLine transmissions began rolling off the Gray Court production lines in Q4 of 2023, and will ramp up quickly with a capacity of more than 200,000 transmissions by 2025.Nearly 50,000-square-feet of ZF's Gray Court facility is now dedicated to PowerLine production for the North American commercial vehicle customer base.
In specific applications, PowerLine offers fuel savings of up to 10 percent and may promote enhanced acceleration performance compared to transmissions in this vehicle class. Vehicle safety is as always of utmost importance and ZF PowerLine is loaded with features including, Autopark, to help ensure the park lock is engaged even if the driver forgets to select the park position or set the parking brake; Hill Hold, to help prevent rollback when launching from a stop on an incline; and Shift-by-Wire, with integrated stalk shift selector enhancing ergonomics and improving maneuverability.
ZF Powerline Transmission
The 1,687,000-square-foot Gray Court, South Carolina manufacturing facility is the first in the U.S. to produce the PowerLine transmission.
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