Allison Transmission’s FuelSense® technology helps Russian bus fleet reduce fuel consumption by 11 percent
KAZAN, Russia – A trial by Public Transport Enterprise No. 4, a 300-strong bus fleet in Kazan, that compared buses equipped with an automated manual transmission (AMT) and one equipped with an Allison transmission featuring FuelSense® Max, has resulted in the Allison-equipped bus returning a fuel economy improvement of 11 percent. The bus used in the real life test on a city route was a Cummins diesel engine-powered NefAZ З5299-30-32. It was converted to a fully automatic Allison T310R transmission, with FuelSense® Max package, with 223,045 km on the clock. FuelSense is a set of unique