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Recently, the first Hyundai Training Academy has been officially opened in Moscow, Russia. It is one of the largest Hyundai training centers in the world, equipped in accordance with the highest standards in the field of modern education.
Suffolk County Transit, provider of bus services in Suffolk County (New York), has recently reported that more than two dozen of company’s buses will be equipped with Allison Transmission’s hybrid transmission system.
According to media reports, a unique collection of retro cars and powertrain components (engines, transmissions) were found in France at some abandoned warehouse.
According to BMW officials, the company considers the possibility of building the 2-nd plant for production of engines and gearboxes.
Allison Transmission has announced that its 10-speed automatic gearbox will be installed in the new Sierra heavy-duty truck. The truck will hit the market in the second half of 2019.
When Chevrolet launched its Camaro ZL1 1LE, the only implemented transmission was a 6-speed manual. Now, potential customers have got a choice between manual or automatic: the 2019 Camaro model will be equipped with the GM’s 10-speed automatic gearbox.
With the progress in transmission technologies, many carmakers started to use dual-clutch transmissions instead of standard solutions. One of these dual-clutch innovations (DCTs) is the Powershift transmission designed by Ford. In this article, we will consider the main features of this transmission, its design peculiarities, and typical repair issues.
Mack Trucks plans to provide its transmission solutions for Mack TerraPro concrete pumper trucks early this year. It is referred to 13- and 14-speed mDrive HD AMTs, which are supposed to enhance operating characteristics, ensure reliability and fail-safe operation.
The design of modern cars includes a large number of components and assemblies, which are filled with technical fluids and lubricants. During operation, these fluids heat up, in other words they increase in volume, thereby increasing the pressure inside the car components and internals. This pressure difference must be leveled out to prevent depressurization, fluid leaks, and damages of car elements. For this purpose, some car components are equipped with a special valve, known as the breather.
Allison has reported that it will provide the 1000 and 2000 automatic gearboxes for recently introduced International CV Series trucks.
Following last year’s reconsideration of the strategic plans of the Ford concern in North America, now the company wants to optimize its activity in Europe. After a detailed analysis, the Ford officials came to conclusion that it is necessary to reduce the number of production facilities in Europe.
At the end of last year, a well-known Chinese carmaker GAC Group, the branch of GAC Motor, has completed the construction of a new plant for manufacturing of environment-friendly electric and autonomous vehicles. At the same time, GAC Motor and Aisin AW have announced the launch of a joint venture intended for production of automatic transmissions.
Nowadays, the world’s leading car manufacturers actively install pre-selective gearboxes (also known as DSG or robotic gearboxes) in their new car models.This type of transmission is considered to be an ideal substitute for traditional automatic transmissions and CVTs. In this article, we will review a bright DSG option – S-tronic.
Debates on the future of manual transmissions in the time of auto industry automation do not go off. In the pursuit of profit, major carmakers often give preference to more popular automatic transmissions. However, it does not always have the desired effect. For example, the recently presented 2020 Toyota Supra, equipped with the 8-speed automatic transmission (only!) received a lot of mixed reviews.
In early February 2019, the German auto manufacturer Daimler plans to start manufacturing of a brand-new gearbox for Mercedes vehicles at the manufacturing enterprise in Romania.
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.