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Automotive Industry Corporate News
Automotive Industry Corporate News
Automotive industry is much wider than gearbox repairs and new transmission units launched on the market. It is wise to learn about new vehicles from various manufacturers recently introduced on the market, new technologies in modern cars - including Continuously Variable Transmissions, Direct-Shift Gearboxes - as well as automatic transmission fluid that would allow reduction of harmful emissions and many more things!
ZF has
recently unveiled the 2019 schedule for technical trainings, in which ZF
Aftermarket experts will share their experience on a wide range of topics
related to the automatic transmission repair.
Recently, it became known that BMW is considering
the possibility to find an American-based supplier of transmissions for its US
production facility in Spartanburg, S.C., the company's largest in the world.
Allison Transmission has recently started a new
online portal intended to simplify access to technical and service data of
Allison products.
Chrysler has recently started the recall
campaign of Fiat Spider 124 cars equipped with Aisin RWD automatic
transmissions. The recall list will include approx. 9,000 cars produced from
2017 to 2019. The problem is that the recalled cars can suddenly shift down
without any notifications because of issues with the TCM.
Last month, Allison Transmission took part in
the Gasnam Assembly, where Trond Johansen, company’s representative in Spain, shared
his visions on prospects of natural gas to become the leading fuel option for heavy
trucks and Allison automatics as an ideal supplement to natural gas engines.
Nowadays, major automakers follow the trend of
automation and prefer automatic gearboxes for their new models over manual
solutions. In the segment of light and medium trucks, only a small number of
models still include a manual gearbox as an option. Recently, that number has grown
even shorter, as GM removed the manual option for the Chevrolet Colorado and
GMC Canyon.
Allison Transmission, a world-renowned
manufacturer of automatic gearboxes for commercial trucks, plans to sink money in
a new environmental vehicle testing facility that will boost further
development in the industry.
Within the scope of the environment-oriented initiative, Sonnax will stop including printed guidelines/manuals with a wide range of products. Starting in spring 2019, approx. one thousand products will be sold without paper manuals.
ZF Aftermarket brand, TRW has recently reported
about the next stage of its ‘True Originals’ undertaking focused on workshops.
We are talking about the start of a new online hub.
It has been reported that Allison Transmission will showcase its products for off-road trucks at Bauma 2019, the world’s major exhibition for construction vehicles.
The situation around GM plans to close several
plants, including 2 transmission plants, brings up more questions than answers.
Recently, it has transpired that the United Auto Workers is filing a lawsuit
against GM because of the carmaker's intentions to shut down 3 U.S. plants
before expiration of the existing employment agreement.
Recently,
Allison Transmission has presented its robust transmission solutions and
discussed its future projects for the defense-oriented industry at the
well-known military exhibition IDEX 2019 in Abu Dhabi.