Schaeffler Group is blending longstanding mechanical-systems expertise with critical investment in electrification and autonomy There might be few more incisive examples of the industry's organic technology transformation than what's going on with Germany's Schaeffler Group. The company's name invariably arises in discussion of key baseline technology for all manner of driveline systems. An engineer from GM's Global Propulsion Systems, for example, recently noted that GM collaborated with Schaeffler for development of an innovative damper for GM's new 8-speed automatic transmission that varies its effect based on the amount of torque-converter slippage dictated by the powertrain controller.
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