Eaton has confirmed plans to display several new transmissions at next week's IAA Transportation in Hanover, Germany.
Among them is the new Advantor series of automated manual gearboxes that are designed specifically for internal combustion-powered commercial vehicles. The company says that several versions of this series will be offered, including the Advantor-6, which was developed for the light-duty truck and bus market. There's also the Advantor-8 for the medium-duty bus market. Other versions to meet the demands of the broader commercial truck market are also in the company's catalogue but specifics were not mentioned.
The Advantor series, according to Eaton, "leverages common components to reduce complexity, improve serviceability, and to deliver a better driving experience."
“The Advantor series has many product features that bus and truck manufactures globally will find attractive, particularly in emerging markets such as South America and Asia-Pacific regions,” said Marcos Janasi, business unit director of Commercial Powertrain, Eaton’s Mobility Group. “Our new transmission series is designed to deliver significant fuel efficiency and enhanced performance across a variety of vehicle duty cycles, and to provide reliability and ease of service.”
Eaton will also display its central drive transmissions designed and engineered specifically to be compatible with "any electric motor/inverter/battery system and to be used in central drive applications, where the electric motor and transmission are in the traditional location in the vehicle."
The medium- and heavy-duty versions of the 4-speed EV automated transmission deliver superior performance on grades and acceleration for electric commercial vehicles while offering more flexible gear ratios. The compact architecture is designed to improve system efficiency, enabling longer vehicle range and battery life.
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Also set to be displayed is Eaton's ultra-compact, 4-speed EV transmission, which "offers a substantial increase in torque density, unlocking increased payload, extended range, more packaging availability for batteries, and flexible configurations."
Clean Trucking will be on hand at IAA Transportation all next week and we'll share the latest announcements and reveals directly from Hanover.
