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Executive Viewpoints Manned Systems
Why Agriculture Will Automate Before On-Highway
A World Wildlife Fund report estimates that global food waste on farms amounts to 1.2 billion tonnes per year – about 15.3% of the world’s annual food production. Total value of that...
Executive Viewpoints Manufacturing & Prototyping
Volvo Trucks Enters Electrification’s Next Phase
There were plenty of flashy news announcements about new trucks and future mobility technologies at the 2023 ACT Expo in Anaheim, California. Then there was Volvo Trucks.
Executive Viewpoints Design
Driver-In-The-Loop for Off-Highway Development
Driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulators have become an essential tool for passenger-car OEMs and suppliers, for cutting development time and cost and delivering a better product. In the past 20...
Executive Viewpoints Automotive
SAE WCX 2022: Paving the Way for the Hydrogen Highway
With the majority of public debate centering around the internal combustion engine (ICE)-to-EV transition, the engineering community continues to explore alternative forms of...
Executive Viewpoints Power
Electric Mobile Machines Won’t Abandon Hydraulics
Equipment manufacturers in every major global market are launching full-electric and diesel-electric vehicles to respond to increasing market demands, reduce carbon footprints and stay...
Executive Viewpoints Data Acquisition
Aftermarket Augments Off-Highway Autonomous Efforts
Continually transformed with more than a century’s advances in capabilities, hydraulics and fuel efficiency, today’s heavy mobile equipment must also become more intelligent and...
Executive Viewpoints Electronics & Computers
Solving the Challenges of Megawatt Chargers
The most significant barrier to the growth of electric vehicles (EVs) is the battery charging infrastructure. The availability of charging stations and the time required to recharge vehicles have...
Executive Viewpoints Energy
Diesel in Distress
The semiconductor shortage making headlines largely because of its impact on global automakers’ production and profits is also adversely affecting off-highway equipment and diesel engine manufacturers. If the supply...
Executive Viewpoints Manufacturing & Prototyping
Batteries Go Underground
Diesel-powered mining vehicles add risk and complexity underground. Operators need extensive ventilation infrastructure to manage the exhaust gases, and this becomes exponentially larger as mines go deeper. That...
Executive Viewpoints Manned Systems
Batteries Not the Only Route to EV Efficiency
Much of the talk around the switchover to electric power in commercial electric vehicles (EV) focuses on batteries, whether it be their range, weight, energy and power density, or expected...
News Power
Increasing Connectivity, Leveraging Intelligence
Like so many other companies, Parker Hannifin’s plans to share its latest solutions at ConExpo/Con-Agg and IFPE in March were dashed due to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 did not stop...
Executive Viewpoints Propulsion
Deutz Takes Open Approach to Propulsion
The economic climate has fast soured in recent months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Deutz has reason to be optimistic about the coming months and years. Prior to temporarily halting large parts...
Executive Viewpoints Manned Systems
Bosch Stresses Need for E/E Architecture Upgrade
Bosch is hardly an unfamiliar name to the heavy truck and off-highway industries—the supplier has been a major player in the diesel and hydraulics spaces for quite some time. But two years...
News Energy
Schneider Continues Zero-Emission Goal at Nikola
The demand for zero-emission transportation continues to rise around the world as countries like Germany and China begin to examine the prospect of banning internal-combustion-engine vehicle...
Executive Viewpoints Manned Systems
Volvo CE Pursues AI for Operator-Assist Functions on Path to Full Automation
While true machine learning employed in fully automated vehicles and equipment—where algorithms trained by data become brain-like, gaining skills such as pattern...
News Transportation
Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality Transform Heavy-Vehicle Engineering
Augmented, mixed and virtual reality (AR, MR and VR) are everywhere. Over the past 12-18 months the number of new devices and apps being released has risen...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
Diesel Isn’t Dead
Comparing the perception of the internal combustion engine’s imminent demise to the plot of an Edgar Allan Poe short story is an effective attention-getter. Dr. Kelly Senecal, owner and Vice President of Convergent...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
Adding Digital Intelligence, Connectivity to Actuators
Smart actuators are making operation of heavy-duty vehicles and mobile off-highway (MOH) equipment easier, safer and less expensive. Thanks to digital intelligence and connectivity...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Driving Business Value On-Highway and off with IoT
Whether on-highway, off-highway, above ground, or underground, vehicles operating in all these often harsh and remote environments share similar characteristics: they require ongoing...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Commercial Vehicles to Become the Ultimate ‘Sensor’
“This industry is well ahead of passenger vehicle in what it does in the connected space and in telematics. Working in both industries, it’s very interesting to see what customers...
News Propulsion
Demand Grows for Electrified Off-Highway Machines
Hydraulic hybrids are very much a part of the alternative drivetrain equation, notes Chris Mays, Commercial Vehicle – Senior Technical Specialist, Corporate Advanced Engineering at...
Executive Viewpoints Propulsion
The Future of Off-Highway Drivelines
When you think of Cummins and its 100-year history, you think of its expertise in diesel engine technology. This tradition continues with its latest Stage V engines, which will continue to develop and be...
Executive Viewpoints RF & Microwave Electronics
Continental Brings Head-Up Displays to Commercial Vehicles
Leveraging the technology and expertise from the company’s automotive business, Continental engineers have developed a head-up display (HUD) specifically for commercial vehicles...
Executive Viewpoints Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mechatronics Technology Offers Improvements in Performance and Efficiency
As a company founded on innovation, Dana Inc. has been a technology leader since Clarence Spicer invented the encased universal joint in 1904 and changed the...
Executive Viewpoints Propulsion
Meeting the Ignition Challenges of Next-Gen Off-Highway Gaseous-Fueled Engines
Environmental pressures and total cost of ownership are beginning to change the types of engines used for off-highway applications, and this trend is likely to...
Executive Viewpoints RF & Microwave Electronics
Leveraging Connectivity to Drive Business
Connectivity in regard to hydraulic systems involves the utilization of “smart” components, which work together and communicate with one another on a common system. These components can include...
News Propulsion
Making Sure Next-Gen Diesels Are Right for the Next Generation of OEM Equipment
Today, OEMs are placing a greater emphasis on building long-term customer relationships that extend well beyond the original sale of the machine. Intense global...
Executive Viewpoints Green Design & Manufacturing
An Alternative Approach: FPT Industrial Invests in Industrial Engines Running on Natural Gas
The demand for greater environmental sustainability in urban areas coupled with the upcoming reforms that are expected to drastically reduce limits...
Executive Viewpoints Propulsion
Future Engine Emissions Reduction Strategies
Demands on off-highway vehicles and trucks today are exceedingly complex. Equipment must be more environmentally friendly, work in a more aggressive environment, run longer hours and rely upon...
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