EcoLife
Future in the City Bus
Changed requirements in public transport, growing competition, and rising fuel prices continually require new ways of thinking in the field of bus driveline technology. More and more people are to be transported in increasingly shorter times. City buses become larger, vehicle combination weights higher, engines more powerful.
The suitable ZF automatic transmission: EcoLife. The 6-speed transmission can transfer torques of up to 2,000 newton meters and resists also operating temperatures of modern Euro 5 engines or future engine generations.
Function & Benefit
EcoLife: More torque and longer service life.
Ideal for transport authorities: The improved vehicle performance comes along with reduced fuel consumption. This effect is further intensified by TopoDyn, particularly in the case of bus lines with varied topography. During travel, the integrated standard drive program changes between shift strategies, depending on the topography, and selects the respectively best shift strategy for optimized fuel consumption.
EcoLife Sets New Standards
- Completely new 6-speed automatic transmission
- Better economy and ecology
- Improved performance characteristics
- Extended oil change intervals of 180,000 kilometers and more
- Longer service life
- Considerably reduced driving noise emission
- Integrated primary retarder
- Dynamic, topography-dependent drive program selection
In comparison to today's powershift transmissions, EcoLife transfers 25 percent more torque and is designed for an extended service lifetime by approx. 40 percent. The completely new and highly efficient cooling system easily copes with the up to 15 percent higher operating temperatures of modern engines. The transmission fluid EcoFluid Life, which is suited for such applications, was developed by ZF in parallel.
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