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ZF has informed that it has designed a new digital solution to its commercial vehicle (CV) portfolio. The company’s TraXon transmission solution, which is widely applied in trucks all over the world, will get an optional predictive maintenance (PdM) feature starting next year.
Recently, it has been reported that ETE REMAN, a key aftermarket automatic gearbox remanufacturer in the US, takes over ATSG, the world number one in automatic transmission technical assistance and training. ATSG President Wayne Colonna will retain his current position and become the new Technical Director at ETE REMAN.
Today, most drivers choose cars with automatic transmissions, but not all car owners are familiar with elementary operating rules of automatic transmissions. In this article, we will consider what can go wrong with this crucial car component and what the owners should do to prolong its service life.
For the first time in its history, Honda engineers decided to combine a diesel Civic model with an automatic gearbox. The Civic model, recently released for the European car market, has an automatic gearbox paired with an engine operating on “heavy oil”. Previously, Honda Civic was offered only as petrol running versions equipped with the CVT.
The transmission control module (TCM) is considered to be one of the most complicated structural elements of the automatic transmission. It consists of numerous microcircuits and chips which analyze hundreds of transmission parameters in real-time mode.
When driving a car equipped with the automatic transmission one may wonder what is a kick-down and how it should be used. This is particularly true for novice drivers or experienced drivers, who only recently moved from manual to automatic transmission. Let’s provide insight into this helpful operation mode.
In this interview we will make acquaintance with Sino-Autobase Inc, a major Chinese manufacturer and distributor of automatic transmission transmission parts and and an active member of go4trans.com.
The British car maker Mini has recently informed about the plans to replace automatic transmissions, installed on the company’s cars, with automated transmissions.
Recently, it has come to light that the American auto giant Ford plans to recall more than half a million cars in the USA, Canada, and Mexico because of issues with the transmission. It is expected that the recall will include Fusion models (produced in 2013-16) and Escape SUVs (2013-14). The major parts with the transmission malfunction were sold in the US.
As the car business gains momentum all over the world, car manufacturers try to find new ways to win in the selling race. For example, American companies Ford and GM not long ago cooperated closely on development of automatic gearboxes. And recently it has transpired that Japanese carmakers plan to follow the lead with the purpose of creating their own innovative gearbox solution.
Failure of the automatic transmission often turns out to be the case when car owners decide to replace the broken automatic transmission with the less expensive manual transmission. In this article we will consider the implementation of this procedure and how to do it by yourself.
Recently, it has transpired that BorgWarner plans to provide its top-of-the-line electro-hydraulically driven AWD coupling for Geely's Lynk & Co's first model, the 01. As a startup automobile business owned by Geely Auto, Lynk & Co tends to use advanced manufacturing technologies and selling strategies.
Like many e-cars, the Tesla Model S has no need of numerous car components including a transmission, gears and a clutch. Therefore, this car has fewer elements prone to wear or failures requiring repair. In this article, we will consider the powertrain solution implemented in the Model S.
In the process of the car movement, the automatic transmission is subjected to significant loads and requires a proper and high-quality cooling. In this article we will consider the automatic transmission cooling system design and its operation principles.
Recently, ZF has presented its new transmission solution for commercial trucks. This new 8-speed automatic gearbox is intended for commercial trucks in vocational applications up to 57 thousand pounds (25,855 kg).
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.