ZF Friedrichshafen Timeline

Events

• 2025-11-05 - Partnership - ZF introduces coPILOT urban-driving system powered by Horizon Journey 6P - The system uses ZF ProAI hardware with Journey 6P and supports highway, urban, parking and space-to-space driving functions. The system secured a nomination from a Chinese vehicle brand, with series production planned for 2026. - source: horizon.auto
• 2025-10-31 - Partnership - Horizon Robotics and Unity China partner on assisted-driving HMI - The planned HMI renders the assisted-driving system’s perceived environment and intended behavior for occupants. The partners emphasized predictive visualization and clear human-versus-automation mode boundaries to improve driver trust. - source: horizon.auto
• 2023-10-09 - Partnership - ZF licenses autonomous-shuttle technology to Oceaneering - Oceaneering received rights to produce and distribute the GRT shuttle. ZF agreed to provide software, engineering and integration services. The agreement covered the third-generation autonomous shuttle platform. - source: press.zf.com
• 2023-01-04 - Partnership - ZF and Beep announce autonomous-shuttle evaluation agreement - The agreement set out a path to evaluate ZF autonomous shuttles in Beep services. The companies described potential scale of several thousand vehicles. The announcement was exploratory and did not constitute a committed vehicle order. - source: press.zf.com
• 2020-09-08 - Partnership - Aeva and ZF partner on automotive FMCW lidar production - ZF contributes automotive sensor industrialization. Aeva contributes FMCW lidar technology. The 2020 production plan is retained as a historical partnership milestone. - source: aeva.com