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Allison Transmission to Exhibit its Products at Solutrans 2019


Allison Transmission to Exhibit its Products at Solutrans 2019

Allison Transmission plans to demonstrate its fully automatic transmissions intended for different types of commercial vehicles at the upcoming Solutrans 2019 exhibition. During the event, the company will demonstrate models of the 3000 and 4000 Series units, where everyone interested will have a chance to examine Allison’s advanced products by means of a 3D animation, enabling them to turn the products 360° and take a look inside them. Moreover, the company will also show an Econic GNC truck that comes with the 3000 Series transmission.




Allison’s solutions found a wide application in urban transport, public service transport as well as in construction vehicles. Thanks to great operational characteristics, maintenance-friendliness, and ease of use, Allison’s solutions gained recognition all over the world. The impressive functionality of these solutions contributes to optimization of travel times, especially in situations with the stop-start traffic. The usage of the converter guarantees better reaction time of the vehicle without the risk of any damage.


For the most challenging applications, such as engineering construction trucks, Allison provides the most efficient solutions. Thanks to a special Continuous Power Technology implemented in Allison solutions, drivers can enjoy better performance capacity. Allison’s automatics ensure lack of losses in torque delivery, while manuals or AMTs cannot guarantee this kind of efficiency. Allison-equipped vehicles are easy to operate, even in soft soils or restricted spaces.


All Allison products are known to be extremely durable and maintenance-friendly, therefore fleet owners can significantly reduce their servicing costs. The FuelSense 2.0 feature (implemented in all Allison 1000 - 4000 Series products) also helps to optimize fuel economy rates.


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Allison’s products deservedly earned a good reputation in urban applications with natural gas vehicles. Allison also invests significant resources in R&D of transmissions for EVs. The recent takeover of Vantage Power and AxleTech’s EVs division are supposed to strengthen the company’s prospects in the fast-changing automotive industry.

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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.