Dual-clutch gearboxes are not all that new in the car world where they feature on light hatchbacks through to the venerable Bugatti Veyron. But when it comes to trucks, dual clutch gearboxes are yet ...

Sweden-based Volvo Group said its European division, Volvo Trucks, is launching a first-of-its-kind transmission with a dual clutch system for its heavy vehicles. The I-Shift Dual Clutch’s power-shift ...

Volvo Trucks North America is building on the launch of its “reimagined” VNL tractor last month by enhancing the Volvo D13 engine and I-Shift transmission. Design enhancements to the D13 engine ...

Volvo Trucks North America on Feb. 6 outlined a range of mechanical and technological enhancements to both its proprietary D13 engine and I-Shift automated transmission that helped the OEM achieve ...

Volvo Truck claims to be first in the world to launch a dual-clutch automated mechanical transmission in heavy trucks, and to this reporter’s knowledge, that is correct. Deliveries of the I-Shift Dual ...

At its Hagerstown, Md. assembly plant Tuesday, Volvo Trucks North America introduced its model year 2017 Volvo engines, including enhancements to the Volvo D11 and D13 engines and the launch of the ...

Dual-clutch gearboxes are fitted to everything from family wagons to world-crushing Bugattis in cars, but haven't had quite the same impact in the trucking world. Having launched its I-Shift ...

When it came on the North American market about seven years ago, Volvo’s I-Shift was approved for on-road use but not for on/off-road trucks, except by special OK from engineers at Volvo Trucks’ ...

Dual-clutch transmissions have been out in cars for several years now, with the best-known examples being from the Volkswagen Group in the form of the DSG and Porsche's PDK. Those of us that have had ...

Who's the "I" in Volvo's I-Shift automated mechanical transmission? In this case it's Perry Allen, a driver for Klink Trucking at Ashley in northeastern Indiana, who's assigned to Number 299, an '09 ...

Volvo Trucks has added a rugged version of its I-Shift automated manual transmission for severe-duty applications. The new transmission will be available for order in May on Volvo VHD vocational ...

At its Hagerstown, Md. assembly plant Tuesday, Volvo Trucks North America introduced its model year 2017 Volvo engines, including enhancements to the Volvo D11 and D13 engines and the launch of the ...