American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

Jonathan Trim

Shawn S Proctor

Justin Sieferd

Mario Amerla

Peter Barta

Austin R Gerding

Mandar Ahir

Jason Bock

An electric drive axle with an electric motor having a motor shaft that is rotatable about an axis, a differential, and a transmission. The transmission transmits rotary power between the motor shaft and the differential. The multi-speed reduction has an input shaft and at least three on-axis gears. The input shaft is rotatably coupled to the motor shaft. Each of the at least three on-axis gears is co-axial with the input shaft and is rotatable relative to the input shaft in at least one of a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio. The input shaft is axially movable along the axis between a first position, in which a first one of the at least three on-axis gears is rotationally coupled to the input shaft, and a second position in which a second one of the at least three on-axis gears is rotationally coupled to the input shaft.

Multi-speed electric drive axle using multi-layshaft transmission

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Madison Heights, MI, United States of America

Jonathan Trim