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The Green Road: Recent Environmental Initiatives

Green road the Denise L. Rondini | Editor | drondini@rrpub.com R e c e n t E n v i r o n m e n ta l i n i t i at i v e s ate the vehicle. The recovered energy also can be used to power vehicle accessories. “Allison Transmission and the Department of Energy have worked together for many years in programs which have pushed transportation technology and resulted in the production of real products which beneﬁt us all,” Allison Transmission Chairman and CEO Lawrence E. Dewey told a group of employees, government ofﬁcials, state and local representatives and project collaborators gathered at the dedication. any truck manufacturers are putting an increased focus on the environment either by making more fuel efﬁcient and environmentally friendly vehicles and components or by making changes in their facilities to make them greener. Here is a look at what some of them have done recently. M Allison Transmission To Manufacture Hybrid Truck Drive Systems Allison Transmission, Inc. dedicated a new hybrid manufacturing plant in Indianapolis. Once fully operational, nearly 100 manufacturing workers will be capable of producing more than 20,000 commercialduty hybrid propulsion systems each year. This new Allison hybrid propulsion system captures kinetic energy otherwise wasted as a vehicle decelerates and later reuses the energy to propel or reacceler- Write 060 on Reader Service Card or visit successfuldealerdigital.com/info 10 | SUCCESSFUL DEALER | August 2010

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