#ZF 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION SERIES#

Chrysler Group is licensed to produce the 8HP at the company's Kokomo Transmission Plant and the Kokomo Casting plant, production began in 2013. ZF Friedrichshafen and Chrysler Group have reached a supply and licence agreement for the 8HP. By 2017, in parallel with Chrysler Group, ZF had set up a new transmission production plant in Gray Court, South Carolina. Ĭhrysler Group LLC initially received the 8HP from the ZF plant in Saarbrücken. It will be able to encompass a torque range from 300 N⋅m (220 lbf⋅ft) to 1,000 N⋅m (740 lbf⋅ft), and will be available for use in middle-class cars through to large luxury sport utility vehicles. įuture development will see two four-wheel drive versions available, with a version destined for Volkswagen Group applications using a Torsen centre differential. In the 8HP70 version, it has a torque handling limit of 700 N⋅m (520 lbf⋅ft), and weighs 87 kg (192 lb). Due to changes in internal design, the shift times have reduced to 200 milliseconds additionally, the unit brings the ability to shift in a non-sequential manner – going from gear 8 to gear 2 in extreme situations. One of its main aims is to improve vehicle fuel economy, and it can achieve 12% saving compared to the ZF 6HP transmission and 14% versus modern 5-speed transmissions.

#ZF 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION SERIES#

It had its debut in the BMW 7 Series (F01) 760Li saloon fitted with the V12 engine, and since then each new BMW model in all Series down to the 1 Series in rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive versions have had the option to be equipped with it. 8HP (8-speed transmission with hydraulic converter and planetary gearsets) is ZF Friedrichshafen AG's trademark name for its 8-speed automatic transmission models for longitudinal engine applications, designed and built by ZF's subsidiary in Saarbrücken, Germany.

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