Touring Volvo's Powertrain Plant

March 23, 2016
Taking a tour of Volvo Truck's Hagerstown MD powertrain component plant

Volvo Trucks North America is rolling out a bevy on new enhancements for the 2017 versions of its D11 and D13 engines, along with a new "crawler gear" package for its I-Shift automated manual transmission (AMT) and a new "one box" exhaust emission aftertreatment system. The OEM showed off those new offerings at its Hagerstown MD powertrain factory, highlighting how its production processes are being tweaked to incorporate those new offerings. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner)

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Sean previously reported and commented on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry. Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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