How ZF, assisted by TRW, aims to win with autonomous cars

Peter Lake played a key role in the integration of his first employer, UK supplier Lucas Varity, into TRW Automotive in 1999. Now he is helping bring TRW together with ZF Friedrichshafen, which acquired TRW last May for $12.4 billion to create the world’s second-largest parts supplier. Lake, who is the first former TRW executive to join the ZF management board, is responsible for all sales activities of the combined companies. He provided an update on the integration and outlined how the mega-supplier plans to benefit from autonomous vehicles during a recent interview with Automotive News Europe Managing Editor Douglas A. Bolduc.