There’s a connecting line you can draw between a Rolls-Royce Ghost, a Dodge Challenger Hellcat, and a Toyota Supra. Tires? Nope. Suspension pieces? Not quite. Brembo brakes? Missed again. Each – along with many others – packed an 8-speed automatic transmission built by the hardcore gearheads at ZF. Today, the company is a self-described “automotive mobility provider,” which is squeaky-clean jargon for providing a multitude of products for vehicles powered by non-petroleum-based fuels (AKA, electrons).
