To demonstrate the superior performance of its fully automatic transmissions in difficult conditions and terrain, Allison Transmission hosted a test driving event at The Transportation Science Research Institute in Shibetsu, Hokkaido ...
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BEIJING – To improve its efficiency on urban roads, the Environmental Sanitation Mechanization Institute of Gusu district, Suzhou, began using a sprinkler truck equipped with a fully automatic Allison transmission earlier this year. ...
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BEIJING – Athletes and spectators aren’t seeing trash pile up at the venues where they are competing and cheering. Comlurb, Rio’s sanitation company, is using trucks equipped with Allison transmissions to efficiently ...
Servair, part of the Air France group, has added an Allison-equipped IVECO Stralis 6x2 AD 260 S31 Y/PS to its fleet of 300 heavy-vehicles. This newest acquisition was put into service at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, where it’s ...
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Allison Transmission will showcase the latest propulsion solutions for fire-fighting and other emergency-service vehicles at RETTmobil, May 6-8, in Fulda, Germany. Exhibition visitors can view a 3000 Series™ cutaway model and get ...
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Allison Transmission has unveiled a new line of buses that incorporate automatic transmissions technology, to increase fuel efficiency. Called extra fuel economy (xFE), the fully automatic bus transmissions are said to have shown ...
Allison Transmission recently announced that Ohara Corporation’s new SM100S Antarctic snow vehicle, the first such product Ohara has released in 10 years, will be equipped with an Allison 4000 Series™ fully automatic ...
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Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) today announced that it will celebrate its centennial throughout 2015 with a variety of special events and activities. "Both our company and its founder have incredibly rich, storied ...
With the first delivery of three Shaanqi SX5600 6X6 large transport tractors equipped with Allison 4700 fully automatic transmissions, the Hunan HuaYuanTong Special Logistics Co.’s large transport fleet has improved its freight ...
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Drottningholms Entreprenad is a medium-sized haulage contractor that offers transport and contract work in Stockholm, a city with significant traffic congestion. The 10-truck transport fleet includes one Volvo and nine Scanias, seven of ...
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Allison Transmission has partnered with Project ETHOS, an ultra-low carbon powertrain program created by Cummins, to launch a new stop-start technology. The Project ETHOS is aims to demonstrate the potential of alternative fuels for ...
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Allison Transmission has partnered with Project ETHOS, an ultra-low carbon powertrain program created by Cummins, to launch a new stop-start technology. The Project ETHOS is aims to demonstrate the potential of alternative fuels for ...
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Allison Transmission says it has developed a new fuel-efficiency package that can improve fuel mileage by 20%. The FuelSense package will initially be offered in the Freightliner M2 106 medium-duty truck. The system automatically adapts ...
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According to Kenworth’s national sales manager for specialty markets, Andy Douglas, the third annual update on Kenworth’s natural gas progress has customers approaching the topic more proactively. Attitudes are changing from ...
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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and DuPont today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Carlyle will purchase DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) for $4.9 billion in cash. The transaction is expected ...
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