Even as the transport sector increasingly changes over to AMTs (automated manual transmissions) in favour of manuals - for a wide range of applications and for good, solid economic driveability and engineering reasons -the gearbox landscape is moving on.And it's not just about a potential resurgence of good old torque converter autos beyond their heartland of construction vehicles, buses, RCVs and military vehicles. Yes, we know of Allison Transmission's current auto reengineering work, with its TC10 10-speed twin countershaft (instead of the usual planetary gears) torque converter, due for launch later this year. Allison has high hopes of pushing back AMTs in the mainstream long-haul sector with this beast.
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