On June 6, multiple sources reported that JK Fenner has signed a strategic technology collaboration agreement with South Korea-based NMC Motors. The partnership will initially focus on developing and manufacturing e-axles for three-wheelers and small commercial vehicles (SCVs), with potential future expansion to four

On April 23, GM said it will be converting one of the two electric drive unit production lines at its Toledo Propulsion Systems plant into a transmission line to support production of light-duty trucks built in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Arlington, Texas.
“Over the next several weeks, you will begin to see EDU producti

On April 23, Punch Powertrain announced its participation in Auto Shanghai 2025 to present its vision of electrified mobility. The company’s exhibit features EV propulsion systems, as well as advanced hybrid and conventional vehicle technologies. 
It will present new generations of development in continuously variabl

Garrett Motion Inc. and Shaanxi Hande Axle Co., Ltd. (HanDe), a leading Chinese axle manufacturer for advanced electric beam axle systems for medium and heavy-duty trucks. The signing took place at the Auto Shanghai show. 
Garrett and HanDe will co-develop next-generation electric beam axle systems across truck weigh

On March 11, Scania launched a new extended, and more efficient e-machine for its battery-electric bus platform. The new e-machine is an entire compact drive device, consisting of an electric motor, inverter, gearbox, and oil system.  
It comes with four different power options: 240 kW, 270 kW, 300 kW, and 330 kW. Th

On February 17, Uno Minda Limited announced a joint venture agreement (JV) with Uno Minda Auto Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Suzhou Innovance Automotive Co. Ltd., and Innovance Automotive (HK) Investment Co. Ltd. The partnership is aimed at developing and manufacturing high-voltage electric powertrain products for passenger

On February 11, Valeo announced that its plant in Pune, Maharashtra, manufactures a range of EV technologies for local automakers. The Pune facility works closely with Valeo’s R&D center in Chennai to develop groundbreaking EV solutions.
The facility employs over 1,000 people, including 200 skilled engineers, and is

Denso Corporation (Denso), Aisin Corporation (Aisin), and BluE Nexus Corporation (BluE Nexus) announced that they have jointly developed an eAxle for the Suzuki e VITARA, Suzuki Motor Coproration’s first mass production electric vehicle (EV).
The eAxle leverages a small motor and inverter to achieve high-power densit

ZF announced the opening of ZF Electric Mobility Systems (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. At the new plant, the main products are electric drive systems for New Energy Vehicles (NEVs). Based on ZF’s modular electric drive platform, the core components cover front and rear axle assemblies and include motors, power electronics, an

On November 22, Amsted Automotive announced that it will showcase its powertrain efficiency solutions and metal-forming technologies at the CTI Symposium in Berlin on December 3-4, 2024. Their solutions improve efficiency across EV, HEV, and ultra-efficient ICE powertrains.
A key exhibit will be Amsted's disconnect t

In an investor update, Endurance Technologies announced that during the first half of FY25 (April- September 2024), it has won a business worth EUR 10.5 million for machined castings for the BMW EV transmission. It closed an agreement with AISIN which took the e-Axle business for BMW.
Endurance is their partner for t

Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas Electronics) announced that it has jointly developed with Nidec Corporation (Nidec) the world’s first 8-in-1 proof of concept (PoC) for e-Axle systems for electric vehicles (EVs), which controls eight functions using a single microcontroller (MCU).
Together with the motor and

Valeo Group (Valeo) has collaborated with MAHLE GmbH (MAHLE) to develop an innovative magnet-free e-axle system for upper segment EVs with peak power ranging from 220 kW to 350 kW.
Based on Valeo’s successful joint development with a European OEM on the magnet free e-motor technology (EESM - Externally Excited Synchr