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Transmission repair specialists always want to learn more about latest gearboxes that are launched on the market. Indeed, there’s a lot going on in the industry and we try to grab freshest bits of news to share with you. Transmission rebuild techniques articles will contribute to our archives and to your database of sources for reliable materials too.
Recently Allison Transmission presented its first 9-speed fully automatic transmission for medium and heavy duty vehicles at the auto industry exhibition in the USA. It is said that this innovation will contribute to emissions reduction, enhance fuel economy and improve stop-start feature.
Nissan is one of the most active car producers in developing automotive driverless solution. The company plans to launch production of autopilot cars by 2020. Moreover, Nissan engineers recentrly came up with another idea to launch a driverless taxi.
Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer Nissan is working on a
technology intended to advance reaction time parameters and as a result improve
safety level as well as make driving more pleasing. This solution (currently
named as Brain-to-Vehicle, or B2V) processes impulses from the driver’s brain
that moves the “driver-car” interaction to the next level.
Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited releases the
automatic transmission option of Suzuki Cultus. This transmission is a manual one, but equipped with the automatic gear shift (AGS) unit responsible for automatic clutch depression.
The new transmission has up to 5 distinct gearshift and throttle programs.Kia released several upgrades for its 7-seat mid-size crossover Sorento. The main innovations related to the modification of 2018 consist of two new trim levels (GT-Line and GT-Line S) and a new automatic transmission.
The Mini plans to provide Hardtop and Convertible cars with a new 7-speed DCT transmission equipped with the electronically controllable shifting mechanism. Due to faster gear-shifting, this transmission will add a sport-like driving experience in comparison with regular type automatic transmissions.
TCI unveils the new 4x Four-Speed automatic gearbox range. These are based on well-known 4L80E or 700R4 gearboxes and can be adjusted for non-GM applications too.