Horse Powertrain expands global capability with new North America office
- Horse Powertrain opens North America office in Detroit, Michigan
- Latest stage in company’s global capability growth, ensuring local support for American automakers
Detroit, Michigan (9th September 2026) – Horse Powertrain, a global leader in innovative and low-emission powertrain systems, today opened its new North American office in Detroit, Michigan. This is a significant milestone for Horse Powertrain, reflecting the company’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge technologies and solutions to the United States and its automakers.
The new North American office is strategically positioned in the heartland of the US automotive industry, predominantly catering to US clients. The office will house 32 new roles across a range of business functions, adding to the company’s regional facilities across Europe, China and South America.
Horse Powertrain specializes in the development and production of powertrain-agnostic technology for use by automotive brands, encompassing combustion engines, hybrid systems, transmissions, power electronics, and electric motors. Its pre-integrated powertrain systems dramatically reduce the complexity and capital burden faced by automakers, allowing automakers to quickly meet changing consumer demand, unlocking considerable capex savings and reducing the time-intensity of vehicle production.
Horse Powertrain brings world-leading expertise in hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and range-extended powertrains to the North American market, leveraging an extensive catalogue of intellectual property and engineering heritage, delivering customers globally proven hardware.
Horse Powertrain is an independent company with more than 125 years of heritage, that has operations in Europe, China, and South America and employs over 19,000 people. With more than 25 customers around the world, its new North American office is intended to provide cutting-edge solutions to US automakers and represents the latest phase of the company’s ambitious global growth plans.
Matias Giannini, Chief Executive Officer of Horse Powertrain, said: “The opening of our new North American office is an important moment for Horse Powertrain. North America is a key strategic market for our company, and one that will benefit greatly from our world-class portfolio of combustion and hybrid powertrains. In the years ahead, we aim to establish ourselves as a major partner for North American OEMs as they continue to offer a diverse range of vehicles to consumers.”
Thomas Lewis, President of Horse Powertrain USA, said: “Having been born, raised, and spent most of my career in Michigan, it’s a privilege to open Horse Powertrain’s North America office in Detroit. This move marks the next step of our journey, allowing us to directly support local automakers by collaborating with them in deploying our next-gen combustion and hybrid powertrains in their vehicles. In the long-term, our aim is to establish a wider set of business functions in the US and establish Horse Powertrain as a major player in the North American automotive ecosystem.”
To mark the opening of the office, Horse Powertrain held a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Detroit Regional Partnership (DRP), and Southfield City Council. Dignitaries in attendance included David Coulter (Executive, Oakland County), Ken Siver (Mayor, City of Southfield), along with a number of local business leaders.
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About Horse Powertrain
Horse Powertrain is a global leader in innovative, low-emission hybrid and combustion powertrain solutions, supporting automotive OEMs with a range of systems including engines, transmissions, power electronics, range extenders, and integrated hybrid platforms. Horse Powertrain has operations in Europe, China, and the Americas, and employs over 19,000 people across 18 plants and five R&D centers. Its 25 customers include Renault Group, Geely Auto, Volvo Cars, Proton, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. Horse Powertrain is headquartered in London, UK.
For more information, please contact:
- Kate Saxton: kate.saxton@horse-powertrain.com
- Performance Communications: horse@performancecomms.com
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