The speed of innovation and product development in trucking today keeps accelerating, but one bottleneck is the ability to test in real-world conditions. Allison Transmission says it has a solution for that in its new Vehicle Environmental Test center.
International Truck’s first RH Series vehicles equipped with the new Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) transmission recently rolled off the manufacturing line, according to the OEM.
Transmissions in medium-duty trucks have been commodities for years. GHG Phase 2 is changing that; transmissions are becoming much more sophisticated.
Allison Transmission has announced it is ending production of its TC10 Series automatic transmissions in favor of newer, more fuel-efficient units.
At the Work Truck Show, Allison Transmission announced a new Vehicle Environmental Test Center in Indianapolis and that the new Mack medium-duty trucks will have Allison transmissions as standard.
HDT’s Top 20 products this year clearly illustrate how technology is increasingly being used to help address fleet issues such as maintenance, safety, productivity, and fuel economy.
Fleets will have simpler access to data on the health of their Allison transmissions through the Geotab Marketplace.
Allison announced the 3414 Regional Haul Series transmission, an upgrade variant of Allison’s 3000 Series aimed at mixed-duty fleets that may have trucks doing delivery duty during the day, but longer regional haul runs at night.
With the Allison Transmission Neutral at Stop feature, the transmission is automatically shifted into neutral when the vehicle is stationary, eliminating the load on the engine when the vehicle is stopped and reducing fuel consumption and emissions.
Bigfoot Beverages in the Pacific Northwest delivers products to Central Oregon and two-thirds of the Oregon Coast. The fleet depends on Kenworth trucks to get product where it needs to be.