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Horse Powertrain reveals X-Range C15 Direct Drive powertrain for hybridizing BEV platforms

  • X-Range C15 Direct Drive is an ‘all-in-one’ hybrid powertrain that allows BEV platforms to serve as foundations for HEVs, PHEVs, and REEVs
  • Designed to replace the rear electric drive unit of a BEV, the X-Range C15 Direct Drive allows hybridization with minimal adjustment to vehicle design or shifts in production tooling
  • System is newest member of Horse Powertrain’s growing X-Range family – the industry's first complete toolkit for adding hybrid capability to dedicated BEV platforms

Horse Powertrain installs AI inspection system to automate engine quality checks

  • Horse Powertrain has installed Siemens Inspekto Visual Inspection at the Skövde plant, automating engine quality checks that previously required manual inspection.
  • Mounted on a collaborative robot, the system detects defects in a few seconds and stores all images to improve traceability across the production line.

Horse Powertrain produces three millionth transmission at Changxing plant

  • Horse Powertrain’s Changxing plant in China produces its three millionth transmission
  • HORSE 7DCT gearbox was the factory’s landmark unit
  • Horse Powertrain CEO Matias Giannini and Deputy COO Yang Kui joined staff to celebrate the milestone

Horse Powertrain launches kAIros to develop an AI Factory and expand industrial AI capabilities

  • The initiative combines cloud agility with local high-performance computing, with ambitions to reduce time-to-market by nearly 50%, cut low-value process work by 40% and improve design cycle efficiency by 25%.
  • kAIros is intended to support faster development, stronger simulation and more efficient operations across the business, from R&D through to sales.
  • At the heart of the initiative is an AI Factory supporting model training, simulation, digital twins and other industrial AI use cases.

Horse Powertrain reveals new high-efficiency motor made from amorphous steel

  • Horse Powertrain reveals new high-efficiency hybrid transmission motor, leveraging amorphous steel alloy for stator block
  • Motor outputs peak power of 140kW at 360Nm, with industry-leading efficiency of 98.2%
  • Amorphous steel alloy layers in stator are just 0.025mm thick, reducing motor iron energy losses by 50%