ggbaird
Posts : 1925 Join date : 2013-02-27
| Subject: Ford & GM Team Up April 15th 2013, 11:25 am | |
| Ford and GM to Collaborate on 9- and 10-Speed Transmissions - Quote :
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Ford and GM to Jointly Develop Advanced Nine- and 10-Speed Automatic Transmissions - New project to build on success of previous collaborations - Initial design and engineering work is already under way - New transmissions will improve fuel economy and enhance performance
DEARBORN, Mich., April 15, 2013 – Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation have signed an agreement under which both companies will jointly develop an all-new generation of advanced-technology nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The new transmissions, to be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive variants, will improve vehicle performance and increase fuel economy. The collaboration enables both automakers to design, develop, engineer, test, validate and deliver these new transmissions for their vehicles faster and at lower cost than if each company worked independently. "Engineering teams from GM and Ford have already started initial design work on these new transmissions," said Jim Lanzon, GM vice president of global transmission engineering. "We expect these new transmissions to raise the standard of technology, performance and quality for our customers while helping drive fuel economy improvements into both companies' future product portfolios." A track record of success This new agreement marks the third time in the past decade that GM and Ford have collaborated on transmissions. These collaborative efforts have enabled both companies together to deliver more than 8 million durable, high-quality six-speed front-wheel-drive transmissions to customers around the globe. Ford installs these six-speed transmissions in some of America's favorite vehicles, such as the Ford Fusion family sedan, the Ford Edge crossover and Ford Escape and Explorer SUVs, while GM installs them into a variety of high-volume, award-winning products such as the Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Traverse, Chevrolet Equinox and Chevrolet Cruze. That original collaboration served as a template for the new one. As before, each company will manufacture its own transmissions in its own plants with many common components. "The goal is to keep hardware identical in the Ford and GM transmissions. This will maximize parts commonality and give both companies economy of scale," said Craig Renneker, Ford's chief engineer for transmission and driveline component and pre-program engineering. "However, we will each use our own control software to ensure that each transmission is carefully matched to the individual brand-specific vehicle DNA for each company." "With the jointly developed six-speed automatics we have in production today, we've already proven that Ford and GM transmission engineers work extremely well together," said Joe Bakaj, Ford vice president of powertrain engineering. "Our front-wheel-drive transmissions have exceeded expectations and there is every reason to believe we will have the same success with these all-new transmissions." "This agreement provides tremendous benefits for both companies, and it will pay big dividends for our customers and shareholders," added Lanzon. "By jointly sharing the development of these two new families of transmissions, both GM and Ford will be able to more efficiently use our respective manpower resources to develop additional future advanced transmissions and bring them to market faster than if we worked alone." Further technical details and vehicle applications for these transmissions will be released by each company at the appropriate time before launch. AutoBlog | |
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joemac
Posts : 1916 Join date : 2013-04-17 Location : Texas
| Subject: Re: Ford & GM Team Up April 17th 2013, 8:05 pm | |
| This is something that will be a necessity for longevity of domestic viability. The pressure from foreign competition certainly will not quell. | |
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ggbaird
Posts : 1925 Join date : 2013-02-27
| Subject: Re: Ford & GM Team Up April 18th 2013, 8:13 am | |
| Yup, even more so if this new tariff free deal opens up between the US and Japan.
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Ulmus Admin
Posts : 130 Join date : 2013-02-27 Age : 54 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Ford & GM Team Up April 30th 2013, 10:41 pm | |
| And Europe. The "Chicken Tax" was created to stop Volkswagen from over importing their microvan. ____________________________________ Why not?
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toyboxrv
Posts : 140 Join date : 2013-03-02
| Subject: Re: Ford & GM Team Up May 1st 2013, 10:08 am | |
| The chicken tax was created because of Europe creating barriers to US chickens being exported to Europe. | |
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