Dana receives industry award for EV powertrain
An innovative powertrain design for industrial and farm vehicles has earned Dana, Inc. the Powertrain Product of the Year award from the Power Progress Summit. The company’s Spicer eSP502 e-Transmission with Power Take-off is a dual motor, two-speed powershift transmission with independently controllable power take-off. A PTO system transfers energy from one source to provide power to another function — for example, from the drive wheels to the bucket of a front-end loader. The system thus lowers the total power needed to operate the vehicle.