Tag: Volvo i-Shift

Vocational

Volvo unveils new VHD vocational trucks with new look, driver assist features for more comfort

Volvo is calling its new VHD Vocational Series trucks its most significant vocational offering in decades. With modern aesthetics, improved capability and the latest in safety and uptime solutions, Volvo says the new VHD is “tougher made smarter.” For starters, the new trucks feature and updated exterior designed to reflect the look of other Volvo […]

March 30, 2020

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

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

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

Roadbuilding

Volvo Trucks North America sponsors 2011-2012 America’s Road Team

America’s Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, is a national public outreach program led by a group of professional truck drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a strong desire to spread the word about safety on our nation’s highways. American Trucking Associations (ATA), the voice of the trucking industry, […]

January 18, 2011

Roadbuilding

Volvo Trucks event focuses on EPA 2010 engines

Fuel efficiency, productivity and profitability are hot topics for fleet customers -– putting Volvo’s EPA 2010 engines in the spotlight at a Volvo Trucks 360 event held in Dublin, Va., last week. More than 100 participants from around the U.S. and Canada attended the event, held at the Volvo Trucks New River Valley assembly plant […]

October 14, 2010