Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Thursday stated it has unveiled its first eight-wheel truck — AVTR 2620 — making the corporate to be the one participant to have full vary of vans primarily based on raise axle expertise.
The new product would supply glorious operational flexibility to prospects to decide on the choice primarily based on their load, best-in-class whole value of operation advantages, the corporate claimed in an announcement right here.
“With this launch of AVTR 2620, Ashok Leyland becomes the first and only player in the country to have a full range of trucks based on lift axle technology from gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 25.5 to 47.5 tonne,” the corporate stated.
The new product could be operated as a 25.5 tonne truck with raise axle down and as a 18.5 tonne GVW truck with raise axle up, providing decrease gas and working prices, throughout gentle load, it stated.
“Ashok Leyland has a history of introducing products which have disrupted the commercial vehicle industry. AVTR 2620 with its unique lift axle configuration offers higher Total cost of operation (TCO) advantage to our customers operating in ec-om, parcel and tanker,” firm head-Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles – Sanjeev Kumar stated.
“AVTR 2620 is a testament of Ashok Leyland’s technological prudence and our commitment towards providing better logistical solutions to customers…,” he stated.
The truck constructed on the AVTR modular truck platform, presents flexibility of a number of cabin and options possibility. The loading span ranges from 24 toes to 32 toes amongst others, the corporate, within the assertion, added.
Source: www.thehindu.com
