Volvo CE makes a milestone investment into electric wheel loaders
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced an investment into the production of electric wheel loaders from its plant in Arvika, Sweden.
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Comer Industries goes electric by synergies in the Italian Motor Valley
Comer Industries goes electric and grows through the acquisition of two business units: Benevelli Electric Powertrain Solutions and Sitem Motori Elettrici
Hyundai Motor urges bold action on Energy Poverty at B20 Summit Indonesia 2022
Hyundai Motor Executive Chair Euisun Chung speaks on the topic of ‘Energy Poverty and Accelerate a Just and Orderly Sustainable Energy Use,’ at B20 Summit Indonesia 2022
Hyundai and Iveco signed a partnership
Iveco Group and Hyundai Motor Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 4th of March to explore possible collaborations on shared vehicle technology
Meritor is about to start production of 14Xe ePowertrain for commercial vehicles
The 14Xe ePowertrain produced at Meritor's manufacturing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, is designed to provide efficiency, performance, weight savings and enhanced space utilization. It is based on Meritor's proven 14X axle housing, which maintains existing axle mounting hardware for ease of...
Watercraft maker Candela secures investment to scale production of foiling vessels
Swedish firm Candela has announced it has raised €24M, led by EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investor Chris Anderson, the Curator of TED.
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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FPT Stage V, design and Electric Days
FPT Industrial completes its range of Stage V compliant marine engines with the launch of a new model and of the keel cooling configurations. Cursor X and 2020 Good Design Award. Electric Days
Interact Analysis ranked the top suppliers for EV powertrains
The consulting specialists from Interact Analysis have recently published a study reporting the top suppliers for EV powertrains, particularly focused on the truck & bus sector. The report highlighted some relevant trends in a crucial sector.
Volvo and the D16 Stage V. Without denying the ‘electric’ spirit
Volvo launched the D16 Diesel engine Stage V version. Volvo Group also saw the first electric truck and excavator working in France
Mahindra will turn electric. With REE Automotive
Mahindra electric. as you know The Indian giant also wants to accelerate on the electrification side, especially for road applications. An ambitious operation to decongest the crowded metropolises of the Subcontinent, crushed by the traffic of low emission vehicles (talking about truck electrificati...
Volkswagen looks away. Batteries are the target
Volkswagen looks away, batteries are the target. Despite the post-Covid shallows and the recession that has hit the passenger cars market hard, Volkswagen invests on batteries technology in order to accelerate the optimization of the full electric technology. For first, we report the news concernin...
Audi and the electric drives
Audi and the electric drives. You say Audi (member of VW Group) and it’s no wonder you associate the four ring brand with electric propulsion research. What perhaps not everyone knows is that Audi is number one in terms of patents for electric drives. We forward you part of the press release r...
A growing trend for electric bus market in Europe
In 2019, the European electric bus market set a new record tripling the figures of 2018. Nearly 12 per cent of city buses registered in 2019 were battery-electric. But things are going to get even deeper, very soon: Interact Analysis forecasts that «approximately 40% of new city buses registered in ...
Dana. A global overview
Dana Italy. Once upon a time… Dana and Italy, a relationship that resets the distance between one shore and the other of the Atlantic Ocean to zero. We wanted to understand more about the Dana M&A strategy in Italy. We talked about it with Rino Tarolli, Vice President and General Manager o...
Mercedes plug-in hybrid system: the diesel-electric star
The crown jewels of Mercedes plug-in hybrid system are still the 9G-Tronic transmission and the four-cylinder diesel engine OM654 in a 194 hp and 400 Nm version with Euro 6d TEMP emissions. We might then say that the marriage between hybrid technology and diesel is quite a perfect one. However, Dies...
Geotab for electric vehicles: the battery degradation tool
Geotab has developed a solution aimed at evaluating battery degradation on electric vehicles. It all start from the analysis of aggregated data from 6,300 vehicles reveals that electric vehicles batteries may outlast usable life of vehicle. Announced at Geotab Connect 2020, the easy-to-use to...
