Recently, according to foreign media reports, the famous auto parts supplier ZF plans to produce electric vehicles, and began to involve vehicle manufacturing.
ZF is a well-known auto parts supplier from Germany and has very close cooperation with major auto manufacturers. This week, ZF announced that it will share the German electric car company e.GO, design and production for the city. Pure electric vehicles for public transport services. ZF believes that the demand for public service transportation in the future will be enormous. Automated driving vehicles based on pure electric vehicles will become the preferred solution for future urban public services.
ZF acquired a 40% stake in e.GO and established a new plant in Aachen, Germany for the production of pure electric vehicles. ZF will provide technology including motors, steering systems, braking systems, and automated driving systems. Parts. ZF expects the first pure electric vehicle jointly designed and produced by e.GO to be launched in the second half of 2019. The initial annual production is expected to be 400 vehicles. By 2020, the annual production will reach 2,500 to 3,000 vehicles. It will reach 15,000 in 2021. The CEO of ZF said that ZF has no intention of competing with the OEM, but is only exploring new forms of transportation and developing new vehicle technologies.
