Mercedes powershift

Abstract

Commercial vehicle operation in recent years has seen demands on driver and vehicle steadily increasing. More and more complex workloads, and increasing traffic density resulting from the expansion of the EU eastwards impose maximum requirements on drivers, while skyrocketing fuel prices and transport volumes and the European Union’s planned certification of volume trucks of up to 25.25 m total length, make a high performance driveline and low fuel consumption an absolute necessity. And so, in pursuit of the best overall efficiency, Mercedes-Benz is committed to the strategy of offering a direct-drive automated gearbox for the Actros and Axor model ranges. With Mercedes new Powershift gearboxes, direct-drive gearboxes are now available for engines of up to 441 kW.