Latest version of fuel-saving technology offers a combination of upgraded features to further optimize fuel savings INDIANAPOLIS – March 14, 2017 – Allison Transmission today announced FuelSense® 2.0 featuring DynActive™ Shifting, delivering up to 6 percent additional fuel savings beyond the company’s original FuelSense software. Available in three packages, FuelSense 2.0 allows fleets to optimize […]
OF1621 model features an Allison T270 with a retarder for extending brake life – and significantly reducing maintenance costs BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Mercedes-Benz Argentina and its official dealer COLCAR teamed up with Allison to develop a new bus for public passenger transportation. The front-engine OF1621 chassis is equipped with a T270 fully automatic transmission, […]
Recognised for maximising productivity, uptime and fuel economy, Allison automatics will now be offered with the available engines for both truck series Navistar has announced that the Allison TC10® for its International® LT® Series of heavy-duty, long haul trucks, and the Allison 3000 Highway Series™ for its RH™ Series of Class 8 regional haul tractors […]
Suffolk County Transit orders New Flyer buses with Allison’s H 40 EP TM electric hybrid. Suffolk County Transit has announced that more than 20 of their New Flyer buses will be equipped with Allison Transmission’s electric hybrid. Suffolk County Transit is the provider of bus services in Suffolk County, New York on Long […]
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 […]
Mercedes-Benz 1729 refuse trucks equipped with Allison 3000 Series™ automatic transmissions work for the first time in the city of Bauru, in the State of São Paulo The City of Bauru, through Emdurb (the Municipal Company of Urban and Rural Development of Bauru) has purchased ten new Mercedes-Benz 1729 refuse collection trucks with Allison fully […]
The Avtomig transportation company order for Perm is part of a large-scale, nationwide, passenger comfort-focussed reform of municipal passenger transport In a reform of the city of Perm’s public transportation, Russian operator, Avtomig, has purchased 105 low-floor MAZ-203016 buses after winning a tender to transport passengers across six routes. The three-door, 30-seater buses are equipped […]
Specialist body builder, Able Bus and Coach of Perth, develops off-road and all-wheel buses based on an all-wheel drive Isuzu truck chassis for some of the most arduous bus routes in the world! PERTH, Australia – Able Bus and Coach, a manufacturer of specialist off-road buses and personnel carriers from Perth in Western Australia, has […]
Fully automatic transmission for Class 8 tractors will be offered by PACCAR in the Kenworth T680 and T880, and Peterbilt 567 and 579 INDIANAPOLIS – March, 2017 – Allison Transmission today announced its TC10® for Class 8 tractors will be available from PACCAR later this year in the Kenworth T680 and T880, and Peterbilt 567 […]
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 […]