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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
What's the rationale - is it fuel economy or maintenance costs (clutches)?
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Fuel economy and driver retention.
The automated manual take rate is above 90% for new On-Highway trucks today. Fleets are all about cost per mile and they would not be paying extra for an automated manual if it was costing them fuel economy.
You mention real world vs testing. For a manufacturer the test is reality - that is all we get credit for. Compliance and avoiding millions (USA) and billions (Europe) in fuel economy fines are based on what the testing shows.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
We used to have a long-haul driver here on the forum who told me he was recognized and financially rewarded by his company for the amount of fuel he saved compared to other drivers.
Would he still be better off with the automated manual?
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JCP is a long-haul driver driving an automated manual. He gives some feedback in post #45. He said he is averaging 8.1 mpg.