Aug 1, 2012 9:26 AM

Allison Transmission Inc has announced that its  transmissions are the exclusive offering in Freightliner’s natural gas  vehicles, including the new Cascadia 113 Natural Gas day cab tractor.

The Cascadia 113 Natural Gas tractor will be equipped  with the new Cummins Westport ISX12 G heavy-duty engine and with Allison 4000  Series transmissions exclusively at launch. Allison 3000 Series transmissions  are also exclusive in Freightliner’s M2 112 and 114SD vehicles with the Cummins  Westport ISL G 8.9L engine.

Allison’s fully automatic transmissions are integrated  into most natural gas-powered commercial truck units sold in the United States.  An advantage of Allison’s natural gas offering is the fact that other  transmission technologies inherently interrupt power and struggle to overcome  the natural gas engine’s longer torque response time.

The Cascadia 113 Natural Gas tractor is currently in the  initial launch phase and is expected to go into full production in the second  quarter of 2013.

Visit www.allisontransmission.com/naturaladvantage for more information.