See GKN Automotive’s system integration expertise and software control capabilities in action at the company’s winter test facilities in northern Sweden.
More than 33 patent families in new modular driveline system.
GKN Automotive’s modular eDrive systems help EV start-ups get their ideas on the road faster
System integration and software control expertise will help accelerate public acceptance of electric vehicles
FCA chose GKN Automotive’s high-performance halfshafts and propshaft for the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
Different driveline efficiency equation means direct savings in electric vehicles.
eDrive systems benefit from advances in software control and system integration for all-wheel drive vehicles
GKN Autmotive’s latest pure electric demonstrator vehicle shows how better hardware and more advanced software control can deliver enhanced dynamics
Easy-to-assemble PVL joint adds lightness and more refinement.
Current driveline technologies have been defined and optimised for conventional powertrains. That doesn’t make them the best solution for electric vehicles, says research by GKN Automotive.
GKN Automotive’s continuous development of CV Joints makes them lighter, smaller and more powerful.
GKN Automotive has a history of industrialising and globalizing key technologies. Chief operating officer Helmuth Rohregger explains how the company does it.
GKN Automotive’s focus is a major advantage in its work to leverage Industry 4.0 developments. The company has been able to tightly align its Industry 4.0 investments with its strategy to remain the world’s number one supplier of driveshaft and constant velocity joint systems.
GKN Automotive’s software engineering capability have gone from strength to strength as the company has delivered more fully integrated all-wheel drive (AWD) and electric drive system programmes.
The precision engineering that makes drivelines smaller and lighter.
GKN Automotive’s Senior Vice President for Engineering, Rainer Link, explains China’s New Energy Vehicle strategy and its impact on driveline strategies.
The sixth generation BMW 7 Series made mass reduction a major focus of its development. GKN Automotive looked at what was possible in the driveline.
The targets for the Porsche 918 Spyder programme were simple: be the fastest road car ever around the Nürburgring and achieve fuel economy of 70mpg. To meet them Porsche engineers chose GKN Automotive and its eAxle technology.
Why does technology leadership matter? For GKN Automotive, the company’s first mover advantage in electric axle drive technology is all about building the momentum needed to push technologies out of premium niche vehicles and into mass production.
GKN Automotive is the first tier one supplier to design, develop, manufacture and integrate a complete all-wheel drive system into a customer’s vehicle. The system that underpins FCA’s Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X delivers specific brand characteristics based on GKN Automotive’s tuning capabilities.
If hybrid and electric vehicles can use the energy stored on board more intelligently, big issues like battery mass and packaging become more manageable.
Land Rover vehicles are known for their all-wheel drive (AWD) capability. With the launch the Range Rover Evoque compact SUV the brand entered new territory: corporate fleets. The Evoque’s size and style made it an enticing prospect for drivers who wanted a company car with a different work-life balance.
The electrification of the drivetrain is evolving, becoming ever more sophisticated. GKN Automotive’s dedicated hybrid transmission delivers electric power at the right time and in the right way to optimise vehicle performance.
GKN Driveline is the driveline development partner with Volvo on the XC90, encompassing the two-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and electric drive variants.
Uwe Paksa, Vice President of Engineering for CV joint systems at GKN Automotive, explains how the CV Joint System influences driveline efficiency
As GKN Automotive’s Vice President of Advanced Engineering, Theo Gassmann has pioneered the development of key electric driveline technologies for the industry. Gassmann explains how new driveline modules are starting to change the perception of hybrids.
GKN Automotive’s Senior Vice President for Engineering, Rainer Link, describes how improvements in the driving experience of electric cars will bring more drivers into hybrid vehicles
