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ZF EcoLife: First Mission At The Expo 2010 In Shanghai
More than 800 new city buses which will be used at the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, feature ZF transmissions. On board: The tried and tested combination of the Ecomat transmission with the inte- grated shift strategy TopoDyn as well as the latest ZF transmis- sion generation for city buses, ZF EcoLife, which ensures addi- tional fuel economy with the new TopoDyn Life control software. In the run-up to the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, public passenger transport is being modernized in the most important Chinese in- dustrial city. To this end, the city has ordered 1,100 new city buses, for the first time with automatic transmissions, roughly three quar- ters of which will feature economical ZF transmissions. The latest transmission generation for city buses is also used for the first time in China: 100 city buses of the Volvo BXR type are equipped with the ZF EcoLife 6-speed automatic transmission which is available off-the-shelf with the new, intelligent TopoDyn Life control soft- ware. Volvo developed the 10.5 meters long vehicles especially for the service in Chinese metropolises. The combination of the ZF automatic transmission EcoLife and the continuously variable shift strategy TopoDyn Life by ZF is a real breakthrough in terms of fuel economy. Together with the ZF Ecomat automatic transmission, the predecessor generation TopoDyn had already led to fuel sav- ings of up to 19 percent compared to Ecomat transmissions with- out TopoDyn. The reason: Information about the topographical route profile is considered when selecting the optimum shifting point.
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