Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus has announced that four of its extra heavy-duty VW Constellation truck models are to be fitted with the new 12-speed V-Tronic ZF Traxon transmission for sale in export markets from April this year.

Bus and coach builder, Anadolu Isuzu has announced it is to offer its new 8.5m, 37 seater Grand Toro midi coach with the Allison T3270R xFE fully-automatic transmission from Allison Transmissions Inc, which comes with integral retarder, as an option.

Dana Incorporated has appointed Chris Clark as senior vice president of global operations.

Aachen-based powertrain developer, FEV Europe GmbH claims weight reduction remains a primary focus for vehicles to achieve lower CO2 emissions.

ZF PowerLine, the name of a new but proven 8-speed automatic transmission for the medium-heavy truck and bus segments (and pickup trucks), has gone into series production in Friedrichshafen.

MAN Truck & Bus SE is making EcoLife 2 automatic gearboxes from ZF Friedrichshafen AG a standard feature with its city and intercity buses.

Weichai Group, a major producer of internal combustion engines has officially launched the first commercialised diesel engine in the world claimed to have a brake thermal efficiency above 50% (50.26%).

CV builder, Scania AB has launched a new V8 engine series and new gearbox.

Camcon Automotive Ltd is claiming heavy-duty diesel truck fleets could save millions of pounds in fuel costs and that commercial vehicle OEMs could meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations by adopting its digital engine technology.