ZF shifts gears to focus on EV technology

ZF Friedrichshafen, best known for its transmissions, has quietly become a force in high-voltage electrification. It has done so by building on its expertise in electrified gearboxes for plug-in hybrids, which already have electric motors and power electronics. More important, this new business will more than compensate for an expected decline in combustion-based drivetrain components, ZF says. Automotive News Europe Managing Editor Douglas A. Bolduc and News Editor Peter Sigal recently spoke with Stephan von Schuckmann, the ZF board member responsible for electric powertrains, about how the supplier is navigating this fundamental shift.