Eaton Cummins expands application coverage of Endurant 12-speed overdrive transmission
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies is expanding the application coverage for the Endurant 12-speed overdrive transmission. Effective January 2020, pickup & delivery, certain construction, refuse and agriculture applications are approved with Endurant.
Allison Transmission launches new transmission, partnership with Freightliner Trucks
Allison Transmission has launched the 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) transmission, and has announced a partnership with Freightliner Trucks in conjunction with the new product. As part of the partnership, Freightliner will be the first to offer the 3414 transmission, which is an enhancement of Allison’s 3000 Series made specifically for regional haul applications.
Eaton to launch a heavy-duty transmission for electric commercial vehicles
Power management company Eaton announced its eMobility business will launch an all-new four-speed transmission for heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles to meet growing demand in a number of segments, including pickup and delivery and port drayage in North America, China and Europe. The new transmission, designed for Class 7 and 8 commercial vehicles, is currently in
Peterbilt expands availability of PACCAR transmission to vocational applications
Peterbilt Motors Company has expanded availability for the PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission. The transmission is now available for use in vocational applications where the truck spends most of its time on pavement or maintained dirt and gravel roads, such as roll-offs, bottom dump trailers and heavy equipment transport.
Kenworth T880 adds PACCAR Transmission for vocational applications
The PACCAR transmission will become available in light vocational applications, including construction, mining, refuse, and agriculture for the Kenworth T880.
ZF to launch PowerLine automatic transmission in 2021
ZF announced that it is launching a new 8-speed automatic transmission, ZF PowerLine, for medium-duty vehicles. The transmission will be released in early 2021 in North America.
Automated and automatic transmissions for heavy-haul
Heavy-haul. Just the name itself gets across the kind of power that is needed for trucks in these applications. Yet the trucks need to be versatile as well, because the truck won’t spend all of its time on the jobsite.
Freightliner Cascadia now available with new integrated power package
The Freightliner Cascadia 116-inch BBC Day Cab can now be spec’d with the Cummins X12 engine and the Eaton Cummins Endurant Transmission as part of an Integrated Power package.
Greasing the clutch
What lube points might be easy to miss on automated manual transmissions?
Shifting transmission maintenance gears
AMTs have impacted the service process.
Why you should consider partnering with an independent heavy-duty service provider
Your fleet’s truck service bottom line depends on you. You’re on the shop floor with your techs, in the back office watching the P&Ls and ensuring that trucks are getting in and out of your facility as efficiently as possible. Yet in today’s world of high freight demand, there’s always more to do and that
PACCAR introduces automated transmission, offers complete proprietary powertrain
PACCAR introduced the new PACCAR automated transmission designed to complement PACCAR MX engines and PACCAR axles. The PACCAR automated transmission is designed for line-haul applications up to 110,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight. It is available for engine ratings up to 510 HP and 1,850 lb.-ft. of torque and features tightly integrated electronic communications with the PACCAR
