Automotive Industry Corporate News

Automotive Industry Corporate News

Automotive industry is much wider than gearbox repairs and new transmission units launched on the market. It is wise to learn about new vehicles from various manufacturers recently introduced on the market, new technologies in modern cars - including Continuously Variable Transmissions, Direct-Shift Gearboxes - as well as automatic transmission fluid that would allow reduction of harmful emissions and many more things!



Recently, ŠKODA AUTO’s transmission manufacturing facility in Vrchlabí, one of the most technically advanced VW’s sites, has produced the 3-millionth DQ200 automatic direct-shift transmission (DSG). This landmark event underlines the plant’s importance within VW’s global production network. It is said that currently the factory in Vrchlabí manufactures approximately 2,200 DSG units every day.
BorgWarner (BW) has recently entered into an agreement with one of China’s major New Energy Vehicle (NEV) brands to provide the fully integrated drive module (iDM) for their EVs. This kind of cooperation represents BW’s 1-st iDM undertaking in China. The company’s EV system solution combines high-capacity power electronics with an advanced gearbox unit and drive motor having a HV hairpin stator.