Shandong company launches 8AT automatic transmission
China DailyThe country's first commercial vertical 8AT automatic transmission rolled off the production line at Shengrui Transmission on Feb 25. The country's first commercial vertical 8AT automatic transmission rolls off the production line at Shengrui Transmission on Feb 25. The modern manufacturing facility at Shengrui Transmission Prior to the introduction of Shengrui's product, China had no vertical 8AT production, and all vertical AT automatic transmissions were manufactured and supplied by foreign companies. Shengrui Transmission developed this vertical 8AT after more than two years of research and development, and it now has totally autonomous intellectual property rights, breaking the monopoly of foreign technology in the field of vertical automatic transmissions.