Hamburg-based Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (40% owned by ZF) has commissioned ZF Friedrichshafen AG to produce its next generation “ibeoNEXT” LiDAR system, including the systems’ electronic control unit.

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems division has invested around EUR18m expanding the Erich Reinecke Test Track in Jeversen and adding to its commercial vehicle testing capabilities for trucks and buses.

Starting in the third quarter of 2020, ZF’s CeTrax electric central drive for public transport will go into volume production.

Andreas Moser (56, appointed head of ZF Commercial Vehicle Technology Division, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, on January I, 2020) last month at the parent company’s headquarters in Friedrichshafen, to a closed group of journalists laid out details of organisational changes within the CV division to address the post-Covid markets and to meet key technology trends taking place in the sector.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG late last month completed the acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier, Wabco Holdings Inc, having gained approval from all required regulatory authorities.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is joining the Open Manufacturing Platform, which was announced in 2019 by the BMW Group and Microsoft.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH, a subsidiary of Denmark's Danfoss Group, have extended their existing cooperation, with a new strategic partnership for silicon- and silicon-carbide power modules.

At the end of 2020, ZF Friedrichshafen AG says it will begin production of PowerLine, the company’s new 8-speed fully automatic transmission for medium-duty commercial vehicles in order to supply a contract with an unnamed major North American OEM for launching in early 2021.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG plans to present the next generation of its automatic powershift transmission for buses at Busworld this month.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has developed a dual lens camera, Dual-cam, specifically designed for the commercial truck market and to be used in concert with other ZF ADAS technologies.

Working with ZF Friedrichshafen AG for installation of its electric drive solutions for buses, e-troFit Bus, - a new subsidiary company of engineering development group, in-tech of Munich - is offering operators the chance to move to e-mobility by converting their existing diesel buses into fully operational electric vehicles.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is aiming to introduce its PowerLine 8-speed automatic transmission for medium-duty trucks, heavy pickup trucks and buses into the North American market.