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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Torqeedo unveiled Cruise 10.0 T electric outboard
More than two years ago, the Bavarian specialist in outboard and inboard electric drive systems for marine applications Torqeedo was acquired by Deutz, becoming an actual subsidiary of the Deutz Group and acting as a pillar in the e-Deutz program. Torqeedo had a major stand indeed at the last...
Perkins hybrid engines, all good things come in threes
Perkins is going to offer hybrid and electric technologies across its power range from 6 to 597 kW. The first technology solutions to be released are hybrid-electric, hybrid-mechanical and hybrid-hydraulic, all of which complement the existing range of 0.5-18 litre diesel engines. We have interviewe...
Active Shift Control: efficiency in gear-shift by Hyundai
Active Shift Control (ASC) is the transmission technology Hyundai Motor Group has developed to optimize gear-shift efficiency by monitoring gear shifts 500 times per second and precisely controlling the power distribution of the hybrid engine. The new system will be equipped with future hybrid model...
Volvo Penta electric sailing
We already talked about the decision by Volvo Penta to bring its “electric project” to the waters of the Cannes Yachting Festival of this year here on Diesel International. Now, we want to take a closer look to what this kind of project is about to better understand the direction that Vo...
Cannes Yachting Festival. 42nd edition
Cannes 2019: MTU, MAN, Nanni Cannes 2019, for MTU the patht to take is towards hybrid solutions. The trajectory designed by Friedrichshafen is the one of the solution provider, and the diesel-electric architecture allows to follow the regulations while also answering the needs of the marine sector: ...
Nuvera and engines 2.0: between hydrogen and fuel cells
At this year’s F-cell+HFC event in Canada, Nuvera held a seminar that highlighted the use of fuel cells for port operations management. The role played by hydrogen and fuel cells in the transformation of the transport sector has been one of the main topics at several international meetings in ...
BorgWarner now has an onboard battery charger (OBC)
BorgWarner recently introduces its Onboard Battery Charger (OBC), making its family of technologies for plug-in hybrid and pure-electric vehicles even larger. This technology uses new silicon carbide technology and focuses on power density, power conversion efficiency and safety compliance. Ready to...
Fpt and Vision-Xev to boost powertrains
Fpt Industrial participated in VISION-xEV to develop electrified powertrains Fpt Industrial decided to take part in VISION-xEV. A particular project that focuses on giving a contribution to the advancement of all kinds of electrified powertrain systems. With the support of 14 partners and a total bu...
Rolls-Royce decided to push on electrification
Rolls-Royce will acquire Siemens Electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion business Rolls-Royce has decided to enhance its electrification development strategy by entering into an agreement with Siemens. The plan is to acquire the electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion activities ...
Buses: diesel or alternatives? For now, diesel wins
For long-distance buses, the evolution towards less polluting forms of traction calls into question a series of perspectives that are still not defined and with a timing not particularly close. Until beyond 2030, there is no possibility of replacing diesel on long-distance roads. That’s what t...
