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Ahead of the IAA Transportation 2024 in September, ZF hosted a global technology day to showcase its latest products and solutions. Its areas of focus were decarbonisation, chassis, safety and digitalisation. ZF has also announced a new hybrid transmission system suited to heavy commercial vehicles, called the TraXon 2 Hybrid.
While ZF is developing solutions to support the full electrification of trucks and buses, the technology group is also working on interim vehicle decarbonisation systems. As the rise in electric vehicle registrations is happening more slowly than expected, hybrids will become a more important way to decrease emissions in the short term.
Prof. Dr. Laier, member of the board of management of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and responsible for the commercial vehicle solutions and industrial technology division as well as the corporate production function, said: "Thanks to our technology-open approach, the resulting broad product portfolio and the flexibility of our production facilities, we can react quickly to market changes. This enables us to combine technologies and offer our customers the optimal solution in a timely manner at every step of the transformation."
Dr. Holger Klein, CEO of the ZF Group, said: "One of our greatest strengths is our flexibility. For more than 100 years, openness to technology has been part of the DNA of our corporate strategy. This approach continues to pay off.”
ZF is focusing its business strategy on being able to respond quickly to market demands whether this be through in-house developments or strategic partnerships. For axle system assembly, ZF is working with Foxconn to grow the market and customer base for both parties. ZF also has a passive safety technology division which operates under the name ZF Lifetec.
Klein said: "By strengthening our strengths, we are creating a strong and sturdy ZF mothership, surrounded by a fleet of speedboats, that help develop the core business. With organic growth of 20 percent in 2023, our commercial vehicle solutions division developed disproportionately strongly compared to the market. Together with the industrial technology division, we have two particularly strong performing sectors that enhance our company's success."
As ZF supplies technology for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial vehicles, the company is able to adapt its solutions to work across these different sectors. An example of this is cubiX vehicle motion control software which was originally developed for passenger cars. This portfolio is now being expanded to commercial vehicle customers to support stability, safety, precision and performance. The system optimises driving behaviour and is able to interface with virtual driver systems and vehicle actuators even if these are not from ZF.
Klein said: "ZF is therefore entering the market with a unified and holistic portfolio for advanced vehicle motion control - across all vehicle segments."
