I-Shift, Volvo's Legacy to North America
Volvo Trucks North America has earlier announced that in the second quarter of 2007, the automaker's upcoming truck lineup will be equipped with I-Shift, an automated mechanical transmission that tenders two-pedal operation.
Scott Kress, senior vice president of sales and marketing of Volvo said, "We believe customers will immediately recognize the advantages I-Shift offers for productivity, lower cost of operation, driver recruitment and retention, and safety. The combination of I-Shift with Volvo's new engine family gives our customers a complete vehicle and drivetrain solution. Customers can always get the perfect ratio at the right time for optimal engine and vehicle performance, which means a higher degree of productivity, fuel economy and reliability."
I-Shift will be initially offered on trucks with brand new engines ? D11, D13 and D16. Truck models which will be equipped with the groundbreaking I-Shift are VT and VN highway tractors and the VHD vocational truck.
All-new engines are designed to handle top rating 600 hp/2,050 lb.-ft. torque input. Further, it will be integrated to other Volvo vehicles for added power and performance.
Volvo I-Shift is new to North America. In fact, it was only introduced in chosen parts around the world in early 2002. However, in other markets across the globe, Volvo has already sold approximately 80,000 units of vehicles with I-Shift.
Improving fuel economy was one of the core reasons why Volvo is integrating I-Shift to its vehicles.
The integration of engines and transmission paved way for higher efficiency and rating. Moreover, using I-Shift and several sensors, the transmission is able to calculate acceleration, speed, weight, torque demand, air resistance and road grade. As a result, the driver can choose the most proficient use of engine.
Another quality feature of I-Shift is Eco-Roll. The latter is intended for operation in rolling hills. It works by automatically disengaging the engine when the vehicle calls for the same.
The aftermath is the reduction of parasitic losses by about 30hp.the road grade sensor, on the other hand, helps resolve which gear to start off in and when the transmission can skip-shift. This is done to provide better fuel economy.
With this innovation, car fanatics are anticipating that I-Shift will also be integrated with Volvo V40 parts as well as other Volvo parts to augment Volvo's appeal.
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Import Car Shows
Foreign manufacturers exhibit their vehicles during car shows. Most of the times, foreign brands are exhibited alongside local cars; but there are rare occasions when only foreign cars are put up on display. Such foreign cars are called imported cars and the shows are called imported car shows. The purpose of these shows is to highlight new modifications in the cars and to introduce them in the market for sale. Some popular imported car shows are HIN (Hot Import Nights), Extreme Autofest and NOPI (Number One Parts Inc.)
Any new vehicle or new feature in an existing car makes its debut in such imported car shows.
This year, for example, Mercedes-Benz introduced its petroleum driven vehicle and extremely modern ambulance at imported car shows organized at various places in the world. Every car manufacturer worth their salt brings up new cars every year to put up in imported car shows across the world. There are also other vehicles such as trailers, buses, tractors,...
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Northern California Personal Injury Lawyers
For best results in personal injury cases, it is always advisable to get expert opinion from experienced litigators and attorneys, with a proven track record in personal injury claims. Residents of Northern California have a host of choices, when it comes to hiring the services of a competent personal injury lawyer. Whether it is a car accident, or a pedestrian accident, or even a truck accident or a fire accident in your house, residents of Northern California are fortunate to have a wide choice of personal injury lawyers at hand.
Most of the times cases handled by personal injury lawyers include accident cases and cases involving motorized collisions, involving trains, aero planes, ships, trucks, to name only a few. Personal injury lawyers are also capable of handling cases of wrongful death. They can help the survivors and beneficiaries of wrong death victims; get the rightful settlements, which they deserve.
If you are a resident of Northern California seeking...
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Every Year at Least One out of Four Children Sustains an Injury that Requires Serious Medical Attention
La Mesa, CA (ContentDesk) October 23, 2005 -- Child proofing your home is one of the easiest and most effective ways for keeping your child safe, especially during the critical months when your child is learning to walk. While thinking of outlet covers, baby gates and cabinet locks, don't forget the obvious danger of a coffee tables sharp corners.While children are going through the stage of learning to walk, there will be many times that he or she will be stumbling in the living room around the coffee table, with the potential of bumping his or her head, mouth or eyes. Jody and Steve Bridge searched for months trying to find the perfect product that would protect their son from the potential danger of their coffee table, but nothing on the market fit their needs. While other parents they talked to decided to remove their coffee tables until it was safe to bring them back into the home, Jody and Steve decided to create their own product. Thus, the ABC Fun Pad was developed.
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Every Year at Least One out of Four Children Sustains an Injury that Requires Serious Medical Attention
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Ford To Be Part Of Texas Football
Texans are known for lots of things ? the hot weather, their love for ranches, and football. You can also add to the list their love for pickup trucks which is not very surprising. After all, pickup trucks are very useful in their everyday lives ? from their home duties to work responsibilities. What makes pickup trucks unique among all vehicles is that this type is very flexible and could handle various duties.
And now, the Ford Motor Company is using this Texan love for pickup trucks and football to show off what the company has got to give.
The company is actually planning on sponsoring awards that would be given to the Texas high school football player for the week. Indeed, this would be a good way to give back to its customers and at the same time advertise the products that the vehicle manufacturer has to offer. After all, Texas owns up to a huge share of customers who patronize Ford truck parts,...
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Every Year at Least One out of Four Children Sustains an Injury that Requires Serious Medical Attention
La Mesa, CA (ContentDesk) October 23, 2005 -- Child proofing your home is one of the easiest and most effective ways for keeping your child safe, especially during the critical months when your child is learning to walk. While thinking of outlet covers, baby gates and cabinet locks, don't forget the obvious danger of a coffee tables sharp corners.While children are going through the stage of learning to walk, there will be many times that he or she will be stumbling in the living room around the coffee table, with the potential of bumping his or her head, mouth or eyes. Jody and Steve Bridge searched for months trying to find the perfect product that would protect their son from the potential danger of their coffee table, but nothing on the market fit their needs. While other parents they talked to decided to remove their coffee tables until it was safe to bring them back into the home, Jody and Steve decided to create their own product. Thus, the ABC Fun Pad was developed.
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Every Year at Least One out of Four Children Sustains an Injury that Requires Serious Medical Attention
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Intelliturn Turn Signal By Wire System Receives "Best Product of 2004" Award from Design News Magazine
RLP Engineering announced today that Intelliturn?, the patented electronic intelligent turn signal system for cars and trucks, has received the "Best Product of 2004" award in Design News Magazine.
This is the magazine's top award in the Digital Control category, and is a result of reader's voting from a highly competitive field of 15 finalists. "It is with great pride that we accept this prestigious national award", stated Richard Ponziani, President of RLP Engineering.
"Design News Magazine is one of the industry's most informative and influential publications and it is gratifying to be recognized in this way" he added. Intelliturn? is a turn signal "by wire" system with no moving parts that eliminates the mechanism embedded in the steering column, and instead utilizes existing anti-lock brake computer and sensors to control turn signals, thereby reducing manufacturing cost and creating a more reliable, intelligent system that resolves most of the commonly known functional...
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GuardDog Watches Over Valero
Concord, CA (ContentDesk) February 10, 2004--SpillGuard Technologies (http://www.sgtinc.com), the leading provider of innovative end-to-end spill prevention solutions for the fuel movement and petrochemical industry, announced today that its GuardDog? independent secondary shutoff control system has successfully completed 10 months in operation at Valero's Benicia facility.
Valero has installed three GuardDog units in this downstream marketing terminal to monitor and protect their operation from inadvertent spills. Valero's decision to use the GuardDog platform was based on SpillGuard's ability to quickly integrate into Valero's existing systems and enable Valero to prevent spills resulting from human error and mechanical failure during loading of fuel into tanker trucks.
When the GuardDog's patent pending predictive intelligence predicts a probable spill within 750 milliseconds of a high limit alarm, it initiates...
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The Electric Boat Company signs exclusive Pacific Northwest Dealer Agreement for Duffy Electric Boats
The Electric Boat Company located on South Lake Union in Downtown Seattle has opened it doors as the Exclusive Pacific Northwest Dealer for Duffy Electric Boats.With over 4,000 boats in use worldwide, Duffy Electric Boat Company is the leader in the electric boat industry with more than 30 years of experience in building and selling environmentally friendly, quiet electric power boats. They focus on creating an easy-to-use, well-designed vessels, ideal for enjoying the world's waterways pollution...
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Heavy Weather Guide
Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 26, 2004My girlfriend and I are basically the same age, just a six month difference. When I went to buy the engagement ring in February, I felt certain she was the right one. She accepted my proposal by saying, "If we go slow?" We've been doing that. We had the ring resized to fit her finger, and the wedding wasn't to be until Easter 2006. This morning she broke it off.
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