Tag: automated manual transmission

Construction Equipment

Eaton/Cummins Endurant 12-speed AMT now available on all major U.S. truck brands

The Eaton Cummins Endurant HD 12-speed automated manual transmission will now be offered on all major North American truck brands. Details on Equipment World.

November 6, 2020

Class 7-8

Mack Anthem now available with more efficient MP8HE engine, HE+ aero package

The Mack MP8HE engine uses waste energy from the engine’s exhaust system and converts it to mechanical energy that is delivered back to the engine crankshaft.

June 15, 2018

Vocational

Volvo adds Auto Neutral, Paver Assist features to VHD trucks with I-Shift AMT

Volvo Trucks has added auto-neutral and Paver Assist features to its I-Shift for Severe Duty, and I-Shift with Crawler Gears automated manual transmissions. Auto neutral and Paver Assist mark the latest Volvo VHD updates centered on the capabilities of I-Shift, an automated manual transmission (AMT). Volvo says Auto Neutral can help improve jobsite safety in many applications, […]

May 26, 2017

Vocational

Work trucks are smarter, more comfortable than ever thanks to AMTs, plush cabs

Generations ago, vocational trucks were about as basic as you could get; a steering wheel and three pedals. Trucks that were meant to be battered on the jobsite got very few options not designed for moving payload, but the quest for driver retention and the trickle down of available technologies has begun to change how […]

July 4, 2016

Vocational

Test Drive: Volvo I-Shift AMT with crawler gears in dump application

Volvo Trucks North America has placed all its chips on the future of automated manual transmissions (AMT). The company has already made its I-Shift AMT standard on its trucks, and market penetration of Volvo’s flagship gearbox hit 88.8 percent as of May. Magnus Koeck, Volvo Trucks’ vice president, marketing and brand management, says 94.5 percent […]

June 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Mack’s new Predictive Cruise control for mDrive AMT remembers those hills

Along with the unveiling of its new 2017 MP Series engine models, Mack Trucks announced that it will offer Predictive Cruise, an intelligent system that memorizes a route when cruise control is on, storing up to 4,500 hills in its memory. The next time the driver travels the route, Mack Predictive Cruise engages Mack’s mDrive […]

April 27, 2016

Construction Equipment

Volvo Trucks intros I-Shift AMT with crawler gears

Volvo Trucks North America introduced at its Hagerstown, Maryland, powertrain assembly plant a new I-Shift automated manual transmission (AMT) featuring crawler gears. Designed with crawler functionality and startability, John Moore, Volvo’s powertrain product marketing manager, says I-Shift with Crawler Gears is ideal for applications requiring a slow speed and maneuverabilty – like concrete mixers with […]

March 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Eaton, Cummins debut 2017 powertrain upgrades including Blended Pedal AMT system

Eaton and Cummins announced upgrades to their jointly-developed and marketed SmartAdvantage optimized powertrain Wednesday at the Eaton Proving Grounds outside of Marshall, Michigan, as well as upgrades across all Eaton UltraShift Plus-based automated manual transmissions (AMTs). Chief among the SmartAdvantage upgrades is a new direct-drive version of the integrated powertrain, designed for fleets that typically operate […]

November 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

Mack unveils mDrive HD, a lightweight automated manual transmission built for construction

[imagebrowser id=184] Mack has announced a “hardened,” yet still lightweight version of its mDrive automated manual transmission designed specifically for the rigors and varied terrains of construction work. During a press event at the World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas Tuesday, Mack took the wraps off the mDrive HD. Stephen Roy, Mack’s president […]

February 3, 2015

Construction Equipment

Auto for the People: Automatic, automated transmissions make a push in heavy-duty commercial trucks

That’s what makes trucking today so interesting: It is going through several revolutions and evolutions at the moment. The advent of automatic and automated transmissions in heavy-duty commercial vehicles is one such example. In many ways, the explosion in popularity of these units over the past decade is an offshoot of the rapid evolution being […]

July 1, 2013