ZF Commercial Vehicle Coaxial Electric Drive Bridge First Batch Production in Jiaxing

ZF Commercial Vehicle Coaxial Electric Drive Bridge First Batch Production in Jiaxing

On June 22, the first off-line ceremony of ZF commercial vehicle all-in-one coaxial electric drive axle AxTrax 2 was held in Jiaxing with the theme of "Inheritance of Excellence, Electric Drive New Program", which was the first mass production of this product in the world. Senior representatives from Jiaxing, the Client and ZF attended to witness this milestone. As another example of ZF commercial vehicles exploring the local market, AxTrax 2 will provide commercial vehicle customers with more comprehensive and superior electric-drive solutions, fully enabling green upgrading of logistics and transportation.

China's commercial vehicle industry is accelerating its transition to new energy, and chassis layout, reliability, system efficiency and energy consumption are prominent pain points for OEMs and end users during development and operation. Focusing on these core requirements, ZF AxTrax 2 electric drive bridge came into being at the right moment.

Value first: compact, efficient, safe and reliable

The AxTrax 2 combines ZF's leading technologies and experience in the transmission, axle and control systems in depth, creating a compact, lightweight and powerful system through an innovative "in-line integration" design. It not only maximally releases the available space of chassis, but also improves the flexibility of vehicle design; It integrates 800V silicon carbide inverter and card sending oil-cooled motor, and is equipped with 3-speed transmission and electric shift actuator, which can realize high efficiency under all working conditions, extend vehicle endurance mileage and optimize user operation cost; At the same time, it conforms to ISO/SAE 21434 information security standard and ISO 26262 functional security requirements to support terminal operation with high reliability and security.

Commercial Vehicle Fully Integrated Coaxial Electric Drive Axle AxTrax 2

In addition, AxTrax 2 can deeply cooperate with key vehicle systems such as brake, ADAS advanced auxiliary driving and automatic driving to realize efficient energy recovery and further improve energy efficiency and safety of the vehicle.

AxTrax 2 includes two versions: single motor and double motor, with continuous power up to 210kW and 380kW respectively. It supports 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 drive forms. It is applicable to various medium and heavy new energy commercial vehicles such as pure electric vehicles, fuel cells and trolleybuses, covering many application scenarios such as express delivery, general cargo transportation, container transportation and coal transportation.

Deeply cultivate the local market: manufacturing and R&D of dual-wheel drive localization upgrading

Relying on strict process standards synchronized with Germany and local intelligent manufacturing advantages, ZF Jiaxing has a perfect production system and stable mass production capacity. At the same time, ZF is steadily advancing supply chain localization to improve response speed and competitiveness.

In terms of R&D, ZF has set up the only commercial vehicle electrification R&D center in Jiaxing except the headquarters in Germany, and the local R&D engineers have been deeply involved in the design, test and verification of the electric drive bridge put into production. Meanwhile, three full-function electric drive test benches and supporting prototype laboratories have been built and put into use, and the structural durability test platform under construction will be completed soon.

Andreas Mosse, Member of ZF Board, Head of Industrial Technology and Commercial Vehicle Solutions

Andreas Moser, member of ZF's Board of Directors and head of the Industrial Technology Division and Commercial Vehicle Solutions Division, said:"The global debut of AxTrax 2 in China fully demonstrates the core position of Chinese market in ZF's global strategy and fulfills our firm commitment of "in China, for China". This not only demonstrates our confidence in the Chinese market, but also reflects the high recognition of the comprehensive value of ZF products by local customers."

At present, AxTrax 2 has been designated by a number of mainstream commercial vehicle enterprises in China. During trial assembly, its outstanding energy saving performance has received positive feedback from customers. Later, ZF will jointly test the product performance with local customers, calibrate and improve it to further improve the product quality. Due to the ultimate pursuit of value, AxTrax 2 won the "2026 High-efficiency Electric Drive Bridge Worthy of User Trust" award in the recent vehicle operation value assessment held by Chinese media.

Looking to the future, ZF will accelerate the iterative upgrading of products according to the complex and diversified operation scenarios and user demands in China, and further improve the operation efficiency, bearing capacity and dynamic performance.