ZF Wins Innovation Award for its CeTrax Electric Bus Drive
- Busworld honors the electric central drive with a top innovation award
- E-mobility solutions from ZF support future-proof mass transit
Friedrichshafen/Brussels. ZF has collected an Innovation award from the Busworld exhibition for its CeTrax electric central drive. The electric drive allows buses used for public transportation to operate with zero emissions. The technology of the electric drive outshone strong competition in the category for individual components and peripherals.
The exhibition could not have started more auspiciously for ZF, honored with the Innovation Award by the specialist jury the night before the Busworld exhibition in Brussels. The CeTrax electric central drive beat a tough and diverse field of competitors in the category for individual components and peripherals. “This award demonstrates again that ZF is a pioneer in the electrification of all vehicle segments. CeTrax is a central building block in developing future-proof mass transit, which ZF makes every effort to support,” said Dr. Andreas Gossl, Head of Axle and Transmission Systems for Buses and Coaches at ZF, during the awards ceremony. “The Innovation Label proves once again that we are on the right track with our strategy.“
This is not the first award that ZF has received this year for its electric bus drives. In February, the AxTrax AVE electric portal axle was presented with the Environmental Protection Award at the ElekBu trade show in Berlin.
CeTrax: flexible and powerful
CeTrax was specifically designed by ZF for use in buses and was presented to the public for the first time in 2017. The design of the drive is based on a plug-and-drive approach. CeTrax can be easily installed in vehicles with a conventional driveline layout. It is thus suitable for the development of new vehicles as well as for retrofitting to existing platforms. This allows vehicle manufacturers and fleet operators to respond flexibly to market requirements and legal regulations.
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Dr. Andreas Gossl, Head of Axle and Transmission Systems for Buses and Coaches at ZF, accepts the Innovation Award at the Busworld exhibition for the CeTrax electric central drive during the awards ceremony in Brussels.
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ZF is a global technology company and supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. With its comprehensive technology portfolio, the company offers integrated solutions for established vehicle manufacturers, mobility providers and start-up companies in the fields of transportation and mobility. ZF continually enhances its systems in the areas of digital connectivity and automation in order to allow vehicles to see, think and act.
In 2018, ZF achieved sales of €36.9 billion. The company has a global workforce of 149,000 with approximately 230 locations in 40 countries. ZF invests over six percent of its sales in research and development annually.
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