Moora municipal report shows that since November 2015 since delivery, compared to the previous manual vehicle, the Otokar Doruk LE bus fuel economy with Alison gearbox is increased by about 15%.
Beijing - in center of Mugla city tourism in Turkey, the city was selected with Allison automatic transmission 10 meters long Otokar Doruk LE bus, the car's operation covers 13 large area of public transportation. Since equipped with Allison transmission buses for the first time since November 2015, compared to the previous manual bus, city bus Mora improve the fuel economy of about 15%.
Automatic transmission, the new Otokar Doruk LE bus equipped with Allison T280 retarder fifth generation electronic control system and FuelSense? Max advanced fuel saving technology strategy, save a lot of fuel with the equipment for municipal bus moora.
According to the director of Hamdi Alper Koluk Mugla city traffic office? SA, the bus fleet of 245 buses take provincial public transport tasks, carrying passengers about 35000 passengers every day. The comfort of passengers and drivers is very important for long distance passenger transport.
"For buses running 60 kilometers (37 miles) or longer routes, the number of stops may be as many as 30 stops depending on the number of passengers," Kolukisa said. "From 7 a.m. to 11:30 PM, the bus travels as many as 20 times.". We tend to use more Allison automatic transmission to operate public transportation for passengers and drivers to provide a more comfortable and safer driving experience."
At present, most municipal vehicles still use the manual transmission, therefore, the delivery was equipped with Allison transmission bus, the municipal authorities also took the opportunity to compare the fuel consumption.
According to the city bus routes traffic Moora, configuration manual transmission bus (the length is 7 to 12 meters) the average fuel cost per kilometer of 0.31 euros, "Kolukisa said," in the same conditions, equipped with Allison automatic transmission vehicles, fuel costs can be reduced to 0.25-0.26 euros per kilometer fuel. The economic increase of about 15%." (referring to the euro exchange rate in April 2016)
In addition, Koluk? SA said, Moora municipal government has always attached great importance to and is committed to enhance the urban and rural public transportation safety, durability and comfort, the best choice for vehicle bus system.
"A lot of studies show that the automatic transmission is the best choice," he said, "the control of automatic transmission is easy, and from the dry clutch wear, in addition, the biggest advantage of automatic transmission is comfort, fuel economy and easy maintenance."
In fact, the manual transmission and AMT are equipped with a mechanical clutch, easy to wear, and Allison automatic transmission torque converter using patented technology to start the bus, to avoid the clutch maintenance and fault, only need to change the oil and filter regularly. Alison transmission not only reduces the maintenance cost, but also can ensure the bus all the way through.
About Allison transmission
Alison transmission company (New York Stock Exchange Stock Code: ALSN) is the world's largest producer of medium and heavy commercial vehicles, fully automated transmission manufacturers and urban passenger car hybrid systems. The Alison transmission is equipped with a variety of vehicles, including garbage trucks, construction vehicles, fire engines, distribution vehicles, buses, touring cars, and used in defense and energy industries. Alison was founded in 1915, headquartered in Indiana, capital of the American state of Indiana City, has 2700 employees around the world. Alison gearbox company products are exported to more than 80 countries and regions, regional headquarters are located in Holland, China and Brazil, and in the United States, Hungary and India factories. Alison transmissions has nearly 1400 independent distributors and agents around the world. For more details, check out the website allisontransmission.com.
