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* NC - Volvo Trucks’ fuel saving technology will memorize routes
(Video from Volvo Trucks - Jun 27, 2012: The truck industry is constantly searching high and low for solutions that cut fuel consumption. That's why Volvo Trucks has developed I-See, a self-learning driving system, which works like an autopilot and takes over the gear changing in hills. Here you can learn more about how the system saves up to 5 percent fuel by using the vehicles' own kinetic energy to propel the truck)
-- Volvo Trucks North America plans a U.S. roll out of technology that memorizes a driver’s route and then manages how the vehicle operates in order to increase fuel efficiency... The software, Volvo I-See, stores information about thousands of routes. The data is then used to keep the truck in the most fuel-efficient gear possible the next time it drives a familiar road... When cruise control is activated, the system records the topography of the route, storing up to 4,500 hills in its memory, the truck company said. I-See will recognize the route on future trips and work in tandem with the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission to choose the optimal gear... “The integration between the transmission and the engine is critical to getting the best performance and efficiency possible,” said John Moore, a Volvo product marketing manager. “Drivers are now going to get more power for less fuel spent” ... The system saves up to 5 percent fuel when activated, Volvo said. It’s been available in Europe but not in the U.S. ... The technology is specifically designed to climb hills in a way that optimizes fuel efficiency...
Greensboro, NC, USA - Trucks, by CARINA OCKEDAHL - April 8, 2016
* North Carolina - Volvo delivers 100,000th truck with I-Shift
(Photo: Volvo Trucks North America delivered the 100,000th truck equipped with its I-Shift automated manual transmission to Watkins & Shepard Trucking. The truck was presented to Watkins & Shepard President Walt Ainsworth during a brief reception From left to right: Walt Ainsworth, Rick Candler, Kelly Darlington, Dwayne Hill and Rich Schenk of Watkins & Shepard; Brad Bealer of Transport Equipment; Jeff Denny and Bruce Kurtt of Volvo Trucks) -- Greensboro, N.C., USA - Fleet Owner, by Sonia Straface - April 7, 2016
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