BMW joins forces with German companies to create auto data alliance
BMW announced this week their plans to start a cloud-based data exchange platform that will not be using US or Chinese technology
BMW announced this week their plans to start a cloud-based data exchange platform that will not be using US or Chinese technology
ZF has just developed a new two-speed transmission and drive unit for electric vehicles, which is a departure from the usual single-speed units.
German gearbox manufacturer ZF announced the signing of its biggest contract yet with BMW worth a two digit billion Euro value
Apparently, BMW is looking to source their transmissions from the US, thus becoming invulnerable to further trade tariff escalations
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BMW appears to be readying a new transmission option for one of its cars, a ZF 8 speed double clutch transmission
Now a facelift of the award winning gearbox will come to market and it will be available in the 2014 BMW 520d which, since July, is using the new B47 engine.
Well what's all this brouhaha over the next M5's transmission choices. A little logic may help in understanding what the possibilities will be. Let's start with what we know and what we're willing to bet the farm on.
Thinking about how automatic transmissions work usually results in the same type of headache you get when eating ice cream too quickly, brain freeze.
Nine forward speeds appears, on the surface, to be overkill. ZF has been rather coy with the details of the new gearbox, but some bits of information seem to be becoming available, if not from ZF directly.
At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, ZF announced their latest and greatest transmission, a 9-speed automatic gearbox.