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Allison-equipped, natural gas-fuelled trucks show big fuel savings and low-maintenance benefits in European capital cities

15th January 2018 By propel-admin

Recently-delivered LNG-fuelled trucks for Paris City Hall and natural gas-fuelled trucks for Transnugon in Madrid and Valencia are showing real-world advantages By switching trucks to clean energy sources rather than diesel, and by using fully automatic Allison transmissions rather than automated manual transmissions (AMTs), fleet operators in two European capital cities are meeting sustainability commitments […]

Focus on fuel-saving transmission software at APSE Scotland seminar

27th March 2018 By propel-admin

AVIEMORE, Scotland – Allison Transmission will exhibit at the APSE Scotland Fleet, Waste and Grounds Seminar in Aviemore, May 15th to 18th 2018. Visitors to the event – the largest Scottish trade exhibition of its kind – will be able to speak to Allison experts in municipal and construction truck applications and learn about the […]

Alvant launches as market interest in aluminium matrix composites surges

13th June 2018 By propel-admin

Light, stiff and strong AMC material is being specified in an increasing number of demanding applications in aerospace, defence, automotive, consumer and industrial sectors, including a Safran landing gear project; new name, new management team, new potential for AMCs. Having recently won a series of new contracts in aerospace, defence and automotive for its unique […]

Fully automatic Mercedes-Benz front engine bus with Allison transmission featured at Transpublico 2018

8th August 2018 By propel-admin

Fully automatic Allison T 3270 xFE™ offers new solution for urban passenger transportation in Brazil Mercedes-Benz Brazil’s new OF 1721 L front engine bus, equipped with an Allison fully automatic transmission, was shown at Lat.Bus & Transpublico 2018, the Latin American Transport Fair (July 31st to August 2nd) at the Transamérica Expo Center, in Sāo […]

Viessmann sponsors Ospreys Rugby

22nd November 2018 By propel-admin

Viessmann will sponsor Welsh professional rugby club, Ospreys, in a two-year partnership that will see the company become the club’s official heating partner, the shirt sponsor of Ospreys age-grade rugby teams and title sponsor of the Ospreys Cup. The Viessmann logo will appear pitch-side at the Osprey’s Liberty Stadium in Swansea at Guinness Pro14 […]

Trucks with Allison transmissions take top five positions on the grueling Dakar 2019 rally raid

19th February 2019 By propel-admin

The robustness and ease-of-operation of fully automatic transmissions are convincingly demonstrated in Dakar 2019, one of the world’s toughest endurance motor sport events INDIANAPOLIS – Vehicles equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions have taken first, third and fourth places in the truck division at the Dakar Rally, the off-road event acknowledged as one of the […]

Viessmann and the Heat for Good team delivers West Yorkshire rugby club makeover

16th April 2019 By propel-admin

The Heat for Good collective, including 11 heating engineers from around the UK, has installed a free heating system to the Clayton Rugby League Club in Bradford, West Yorkshire Clayton Rugby League Football Club, an amateur rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, received a substantial free makeover to its clubhouse last weekend (April 13th […]

250,000th Allison transmission is produced in Hungary

11th July 2019 By propel-admin

Quarter of a million fully automatic transmissions have been assembled by Allison Transmission’s Szentgotthárd plant Allison Transmission’s factory at Szentgotthárd in Hungary has assembled its 250,000th fully automatic transmission this week. The transmission was a 4000 SeriesTM Torqmatic model destined for Van Hool, the leading bus, coach and industrial vehicle manufacturer from Belgium. “We congratulate […]

ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR JACOBS VEHICLE SYSTEMS

16th October 2019 By Louise

Jacobs Vehicle Systems®, a leading worldwide manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding systems and valve actuation systems, recently celebrated the delivery of its eight millionth engine brake. This milestone comes less than two years after Jacobs shipped its seven millionth brake, and nearly 60 years after the company’s first engine brake, invented by Clessie Cummins, […]

BENEFITS OF JACOBS’ CYLINDER DEACTIVATION TECHNOLOGY ARE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED

25th February 2020 By Louise

Better fuel economy and lower emissions, already proven in extensive tests by Jacobs, have been independently measured Jacobs Vehicle Systems® has completed testing with an internationally known third-party laboratory, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to quantify the fuel savings and emissions benefits of Jacobs’ Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology. The tests were conducted […]