ZQuip electrifies the construction site’s fleet
ZQuip kit turns diesel-powered construction fleets into
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Wacker Neuson pushes on electrification
Wacker Neuson's commitment to decarbonization is combined with electrification of new rammers, vibratory plates and dumpers
Yanmar electric work machine prototype
At the Construction DX Challenge Yanmar Holdings unveiled the prototype of an electric work machine
Komatsu to acquire American Battery Solutions
Komatsu is planning to close the acquisition of American Battery Solutions on Dec. 1, 2023
Total Energies to charge the electric trucks
TotalEnergies announced the launch of an in-depot electric truck charging service today at the Solutrans
Volvo Group pushes on decarbonization
With an electric range up to 450 km, 50% shorter charging time, Volvo´s updated medium-duty electric trucks. They signed also a MoU with CRH
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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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Knorr-Bremse eCUBATOR: a think tank for future EV system integration
Knorr-Bremse announces it is bundling its expertise in the field of e-mobility within a brand-new development unit named eCUBATOR. Company’s plans envision as many as 60 specialists working on innovative future-oriented solutions at Knorr-Bremse’s Munich and Budapest locations. The goal is to adapt ...
Briggs & Stratton pushes on electrification
Briggs & Stratton is a firm believer in electrification. As you can see from this article, the batteries are produced in Milwaukee, and the market is responding positively. We share with you in their words the agreement with ARGO, for the J8 autonomous extreme terrain robot. “Briggs & Stratt...
Road to a game-changing electric powertrain for heavy-duty applications: Meritor Consortium awarded in UK
Meritor, in consortium with its partners Danfoss Editron and Electra Commercial Vehicles, has announced that it is the recipient of the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s (APC) Core Competition Program in the UK to partially fund the design and development of Meritor’s 17XeTM electric powertrain system fo...
Dana moves on electrification on-road and off-road
Dana moves on electrification and acquires Pi Innovo to increase its in-house electrodynamics capabilities and electrification product portfolio by adding a strong library of turn-key electric vehicle application software, vehicle level controllers, and auxiliary controllers. Dana moves on el...
Not only ICEs. Geminiani looks at electrification
Internal combustion engines still remain the core business for the Italian engineering specialist Geminiani. However, the concept of electrification is getting increasingly familiar for the company’s system engineer. We made some questions to Massimo Geminiani. Here you can find an excerpt of the in...
Volvo Energy. The Volvo Group electrification Business Unit
Volvo Energy. The Volvo Group Business Unit electrification. Cummins did it, Deutz did it, FPT Industrial did it, all the engine manufacturers are doing it. It’s inevitable, especially when you’re talking about a group that has its score business in road applications. Volvo has had to ge...
Ricardo UK wins funding to improve efficiency of electric vehicles
The well-known expertise of Ricardo in the field of electric vehicles has lately reached a further step. In fact, the global company (here is a recent post of ours about a Ricardo web event focused on the off-highway sector) has been awarded funding from the Office of Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) –...
Smart electrification, ABB and Talga made a step towards major European battery anode project
ABB and Talga, the latter a battery anode and graphene additives company headquartered in Perth Western Australia, signed a memorandum of understanding with plans underway for production facility and integrated graphite mine in Sweden. The target is to jointly develop Talga’s Vittangi Anode Project ...
Ricardo and the modular approach to powertrain innovation in off-highway
During a very interesting webinar held in Autumn, Ricardo shared the company’s point of view on powertrain innovation within the off-highway sector, talking a lot about electrification, hybridization or rather next-generation internal combustion engines, perhaps based on alternative fuels. According...
ZF believes in e-mobility. New division for electrified drivelines
The supervisory board of the global company ZF (here, we talk about R&D) has approved the foundation of a new division dealing with e-mobility. Namely, the new division is conceived for electrified drivelines for passenger cars. Such a change will happen at the very beginning of 2021 and coincid...
