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Allison Expands eGen Power® family of electric axles to provide additional offering for European and Asia Pacific markets

20th September 2022 By propel-admin

INDIANAPOLIS – September 20th 2022 – Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional, electric hybrid and fully electric vehicle propulsion solutions, announced the new eGen Power® 130S, the latest product to be introduced to the company’s eGen Power family of fully electric axles, this week at IAA Transportation in Hanover, Germany. Key components […]

Australian fleet invests in concrete mixer trucks with fully automatic transmissions to address driver shortages

13th August 2024 By propel-admin

BRISBANE, Australia – With a driver shortage impacting a number of vital Australian business sectors such as freight and construction, many businesses are migrating to using fully automatic transmissions, particularly in the medium-duty truck and light heavy-duty truck categories. Holcim Australia, a leading supplier of aggregates, concrete, and precast concrete products, has transitioned a significant […]

Allison to showcase fully automatic transmissions for military vehicles at IDEX 2017

8th February 2017 By propel-admin

Military Series™ and Specialty Series™ are suitable for a wide range of wheeled and tracked vehicles ABU DHABI – Allison Transmission will feature its product lines for military vehicles at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017, Feb. 20-23 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The biennial event attracts more than 100,000 attendees […]

Allison Transmission brings fuel-saving message to Solutrans 2017

19th October 2017 By propel-admin

Allison Transmission, the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic commercial-duty transmissions, will promote the latest version of its fuel-saving software at Solutrans in Lyon (November 21-25; Hall 5.2, Stand 6U098). FuelSense® 2.0 featuring DynActive™ Shifting, delivers up to 6 percent additional fuel savings beyond the company’s original FuelSense software due to a combination of upgraded […]

Natural gas-fuelled Econic trucks with Allison transmissions help Stuttgart win battle against fine dust pollution

22nd May 2018 By propel-admin

Municipal refuse hauler expanding natural gas fleet fourfold as diesel bans loom In a major expansion of its efforts to reduce particulate and noise emissions, AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart plans to acquire 30 additional Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT (Natural Gas Technology) refuse trucks equipped with Allison 3500 fully automatic transmissions. In December 2016, the municipally-owned company put […]

Allison Transmission announces global launch of 9-speed transmission and expanded electrification portfolio at IAA

20th September 2018 By propel-admin

Company also continues work to support customers with connected capabilities for a single, efficient fleet management experience Allison Transmission today announced that it will offer its medium-duty, fully automatic 9-speed transmission globally, and that it has developed an electric hybrid system with purely electric extended range. The news was revealed at the 67th IAA Commercial […]

Seoul fleet designates fully automatic transmissions as standard as city shifts to low-floor buses

15th March 2019 By propel-admin

Ajin Traffic Corp., a major bus operator in Seoul for 50 years, plans to incorporate all new buses with fully automatic transmissions as it adds more low-floor buses to its fleet. The move is a response to plans by the South Korean capital city to ensure that all buses running in the city will be […]

Allison Transmission Acquires Walker Die Casting

9th September 2019 By propel-admin

Walker is a longtime supplier of aluminium transmission castings critical in the production of Allison’s products. Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN), the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, announced today that it has acquired the assets and certain liabilities of Walker Die Casting located in Lewisburg, Tennessee and C&R Tool […]

Allison Transmission’s FuelSense® 2.0 software provides 12% fuel savings for French refuse fleet

10th June 2020 By Louise

The independent trial is a further demonstration of Allison’s fuel-saving software, as UK fleets running Allison-equipped trucks are invited to upgrade their transmissions to realise instant benefits. An independent test carried out by the Métropole d’Aix-Marseille-Provence administrative area in the south of France showed that FuelSense® 2.0 software, developed by Allison Transmission, saved up to […]

Beijing Daxing International Airport selects Allison Transmission-equipped deicing fluid recovery trucks

9th November 2020 By Louise

To meet stricter emission regulations and cold weather operational needs, China’s biggest airport, opened in September 2019, receives new Dongfeng deicing fluid recovery trucks. Five new Dongfeng trucks, for the purpose of recovering liquid from airport runways, have been delivered to Beijing Daxing International Airport ahead of the winter season. The Guo VI (Euro VI-equivalent) […]