Making the torque-transfer TRANSITION

Amsted Automotive Group saw the EV revolution coming and has ‘the means’ to deliver greater driveline efficiency. AAG's top engineers talk next-gen technology.

A reckoning has arrived at suppliers whose product portfolios, engineering resources and R&D activities are not aligned with the EV horizon. The challenge of pivoting their focus to electrification, while sustaining the incumbent business, has been particularly vexing for many Tier 2s and Tier 3s rooted in “legacy” powertrain supply, as S&P Global analyst Michael Robinet has noted in his Supplier Eye column in this publication.

But for Means Industries, whose clutch-technology IP is inside most automatic transmissions made worldwide, balancing today's business with tomorrow's propulsion opportunities has been part of the company's strategic roadmap for years.