KARIYA, Japan — Japanese mega- supplier Aisin Corp., a company that gets the lion's share of its global revenue from old-school gearboxes, knows it's time for a full model change.
The oncoming age of electrification means that even Aisin's biggest customer — its part owner, Toyota Motor Corp. — will largely ditch automatic transmissions by the end of the decade.
The vexing question facing Aisin — like other legacy powertrain suppliers around the world — is not just how to shift to a new lineup of electrified products, but when to do it.