Autonomous Trucks
Duane Tegels, product marketing manager for Volvo Powertrain, accepts the Truck Writers’ Jim Winsor Technical Achievement Award from Tom Berg, who announced Volvo’s I-Torque as the award’s 2023 winner. Volvo's I-Torque powertrain, which the company says is an intelligent powertrain for heavy trucks, won the Jim Winsor Technical Achievement Award from the North American Truck Writers at TMC in Orlando Wednesday. "We're very happy to receive this award," says Duane Tegels, product marketing manager for Volvo Powertrian. Volvo's I-Torque powertrain says it achieves improved fuel economy by combining an turbo-compounded diesel, a 13-speed automated manual transmission, a low numerical axle ratio, and load-sensing software for cruising at low engine revs. The members of the Truck Writers committee were:John Baxter, freelance technical writer, Baxter Techwrite.