Overview Nevertheless, the US economy has gradually recovered,
and demand for automobiles has rebounded, bolstered by falling unemployment and rising consumer confidence. Low interest rates have also incentivized automobile purchases, because financing has become more affordable. Because of
is interesting to note that because CAFE figures are generated in such an arcane fashion the 45 mpg figure for 2018 equates to an EPA window sticker number of 34 mpg and the 37 mpg requirement for 2013 equates to an EPA window sticker figure of 28 mpg. Of course, your mileage may vary.
IBISWorld estimates revenue for the Automobile Transmission Manufacturing industry dropped 21.9% and 14.7% in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
renewed auto demand, the Automobile Transmission Manu- facturing industry is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 5.9% to $35.7 billion in the five years to 2013.
CAFE Provides Impetus for Transmission Innovation Te rising trend of eco-friendly initiatives, such as Corpo-
rate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations, is increasingly pushing automakers to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks. Terefore, automakers are relying on up- stream suppliers, including transmission manufacturers, to de- velop innovative products to meet annual CAFE benchmarks. For example, under CAFE standards automakers are expected to produce passenger vehicles that travel 45 mpg by 2018, which is better than the 37 mpg in 2013. Tis will support industry growth as automakers look to transmission manu- facturers for innovative solutions to increase fuel efficiency. It
Some transmissions suppliers have already started shiſting
gears to develop fuel-efficient and low-emission transmissions. For example, German transmission-supplier ZF Friedrich- shafen AG designed eight-speed and nine-speed automatic transmissions to improve performance and fuel economy in vehicles debuting in 2008 and 2013, respectively. At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover announced that ZF’s nine-speed gearbox, the world’s first with that many forward speeds, would be used in the 2014 Range Rover Evoque with four-wheel drive. Te unit for this application is being built in a new transmission manufacturing facility ZF has opened in Laurens County, SC. Chrysler is also using a version of the ZF nine-speed in the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, but this unit is being built in a Chrysler trans- mission plant in Kokomo, IN.
Land Rover’s 2014 Range Rover Evoque is the first mass-market vehicle to use a nine-speed automatic transmission.
16 Motorized Vehicle Manufacturing
Photo courtesy Land Rover
Photo courtesy ZF Friedrichshafen AG
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