Horse Powertrain wins Autocar Sturmey Award for X-Range hybrid powertrains
Horse Powertrain received the Sturmey Award at the 2026 Autocar awards for its X-Range family of hybrid and range-extender powertrains.
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What Happened
Horse Powertrain has won the Sturmey Award at the 2026 Autocar awards, one of the publication's most prestigious prizes recognizing outstanding innovation in the automotive industry. The award was presented to CEO Matias Giannini at Armoury House, London.
“It is a great honour to receive this prestigious award from Autocar and a fantastic recognition of the talented global teams that make up Horse Powertrain. Together, they are delivering the innovations driving the industry towards net zero. As a powertrain solutions partner to numerous OEMs, we remain committed to a culture of innovation that, through our products and systems integration expertise”
“Horse Powertrain’s rule-breaking approach is challenging almost every established way of thinking in the automotive game. This unique strategy that focuses on reimagining and advancing the combustion engine is as technically innovative as it is commercially disruptive. In winning this award, we are pleased to recognize the foresight and courage of a company that continues to push forward and champ”
The company's X-Range family of powertrains enables automakers to convert BEV-native platforms into hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and range-extended EVs. Horse Powertrain also achieved breakthroughs in thermal efficiency and reducing carbon intensity of combustion and hybrid vehicles.
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Why this matters
The award recognizes innovation in low-emission powertrains, specifically the X-Range that allows converting BEV platforms to hybrids. This highlights ongoing development of efficient hybrids as a complementary path to full electrification, impacting automakers seeking flexible emission reduction solutions.
Terms in This Story
- X-Range
- A family of hybrid and range-extender powertrain systems designed by Horse Powertrain.
- REEV
- Range-Extended Electric Vehicle; a vehicle that uses an electric motor for propulsion with a small internal combustion engine to recharge the battery.
- BEV-native platform
- A vehicle platform originally designed for battery electric vehicles, not for internal combustion engines.
- Powertrain thermal efficiency
- The ratio of useful work output to heat input in a powertrain, indicating how effectively fuel energy is converted into motion.
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