Eaton’s new family of UltraShift Plus automated transmissions share basic design platforms and components with the company’s previous generation UltraShift transmissions. But according to Staci Kroon, ...

Eaton Corp. announced that its UltraShift Plus automated heavy-duty transmissions have been certified for use with the Westport HD 15-liter high-pressure direct-injection liquefied natural gas engine ...

Eaton's UltraShift Plus automated transmission is now available for all Detroit Diesel DD13-equipped Western Star 4900 day-cab configuration truck models. The UltraShift Plus -- available in six ...

Over the years, engineers at Eaton have been refining their automated mechanical transmissions (AMTs). In that time, I’ve driven and judged them from a driver’s perspective, and praised and criticized ...

For a non-CDL driver getting behind the wheel for the first time of a Kenworth T880 Mixer loaded to 42,000 lbs., an Eaton automated manual transmission made the truck about as easy to drive and make ...

Peterbilt announced this week a new powertrain option for several of its natural gas vehicles that combines the Cummins Westport ISX12 G and the Eaton UltraShift Plus automated transmission. The ...

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Eaton Corp. rolled out a complete lineup of new automated manual transmissions that provides broad coverage for vocational Class 8 trucks as well as linehaulers here yesterday at its proving grounds.

the recent approval and release of new configurations added in the first three quarters of this year. "We now have six automated platforms, with 49 individual configurations that are available with ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power management company Eaton announced it has expanded its Advantage Automated Series clutches to support popular automated transmissions available in the North ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power management company Eaton and Cummins Westport, a joint-venture company of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT/TSX: WPT), today ...