# ZF to supply AxTrax AVE axles for 31 Optare double-decker buses in London

ZF has secured a contract to supply its AxTrax AVE electric portal axle for 31 Optare Metrodecker EV double-decker buses for Transport for London.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-09-24
- Where: London, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: electric portal axle, AxTrax AVE
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [ZF Friedrichshafen](https://endata.com/companies/4104.md) (supplier)
- [Transport for London](https://endata.com/companies/24072.md) (customer)
- [Optare](https://endata.com/companies/34484.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [sustainable-bus.com](https://www.sustainable-bus.com/components/electric-axle-zf-axtrax-on-optare-electric-double-decker-bus-london-and-new-flyer/), 2018-09-24: "Thirty-one new model buses (part of a tender of 68 vehicles won by Optare and the pair ADL-BYD) will be equipped with the AxTrax AVE."

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