US: Allison adds power shifting to manual fuel saving

Allison Transmission has unveiled a novel variation on its well-proven fully-automatic torque converter heavy-duty truck transmission technology. Scheduled to go into production in North America in late 2012, the new transmission incorporates the twin-countershaft layout, familiar for many years in the purely manual, all-mechanical Roadranger gearboxes from rival Eaton, with Subscribe to Automotive World to … Continued

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• April 19, 2011