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Brownout for Commercial-Vehicle Electrification?
The high cost of batteries to electrify on-road commercial vehicles is one thing. But some connected with or studying electrification for the CV sector now are concerned that the cost of...
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Off-Highway Hybrids Are Entering Prime Time
Vocational off-highway vehicles are piling on the miles with power provided by an internal combustion engine (ICE) with additional hybrid technology. “We often get asked the question,...
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Shell Details Upcoming Engine-Oil Developments
Shell Rotella hosted journalists at the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio, in August, where the company was sponsoring tractors run by Koester Racing in the...
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HD Hyundai Rolls out a Slew of New Machines
HD Hyundai recently announced several new additions to its portfolio of off-highway machines. The expansion includes the HD100 dozer, the HX355A excavator, and a quartet of new models for its...
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Sinonus Carbon-Fiber Structural Batteries Would Reduce Weight While Adding Range
Carbon-fiber structural batteries are not entirely new, but now Sinonus, a company spun out of Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden, is further...
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Case Launches ‘Industry First’ Electric Backhoe Loader
Case Construction Equipment launched its first electric vehicle (EV) products last year – the CX15EV mini excavator and the SL22EV small articulated loader – and the company...
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Cummins New X15 Engine Meets Upcoming Regs While Boosting Efficiency
Cummins provided extensive details of the design and engineering involved in developing the new HELM version of its X15 diesel engine. The company says its new engine...
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Truck OEMs Invested in Infrastructure
Truck manufacturers have not sat idly by as charging infrastructure continues to lag behind the growing availability of battery-electric commercial vehicles. Take for example Daimler Truck North...
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Cummins Cylinder Deactivation Saves on Fuel and Emissions
Cylinder deactivation has become increasingly common across various types of commercial on-road ICE powertrains to meet the upcoming North American (EPA 27) and Europe (Euro 7)...
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Detailing Kenworth’s Sleek SuperTruck 2
The Kenworth booth at the 2024 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Las Vegas garnered much interest thanks to the reveal of its futuristic-looking SuperTruck 2. Developed over a six-year...
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Hybrids Are Having a Moment
Manufacturers at the forefront of sustainability efforts and intent on electrifying commercial trucks and off-highway machines still see the necessity to include internal combustion engines in their future...
Articles Manned Systems
Eaton and BAE Gear up a New Electrified Truck
One of the advantages that OEMs have long touted for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) has been the elimination of components like the transmission. The instant torque that an electric motor can...
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Volvo Hits Milestones for Autonomous Trucks and Electrified Off-Highway Machine
Volvo made several key announcements at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The company also reaffirmed its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions with a 100%...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Hexagon Agility Partners with Brudeli for Hybrid CNG Truck Powertrains
Hexagon Agility announced a collaboration with Norwegian EV transmission supplier Brudeli Green Mobility at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The partnership’s goal is...
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FirstElement Opens America’s First High-Volume, Fast-Fill Hydrogen Station for HD Trucks
It may be missing the food and hospitality trappings of what most would consider a proper “truck stop,” but the nation’s first high-volume,...
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Lion Electric Proclaims Its Lion8 Tractor the New King of the EV Jungle
Lion Electric unveiled its Lion8 tractor, an all-electric Class 8 commercial truck, at the 2024 ACT Expo in Las Vegas. Expected to be available mid-2024, the Lion8 is...
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Tesla Semi “Crushes” SuperTruck 2 in Real-World Efficiency
Usually hosted in Southern California, the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo moved about 265 miles (425 km) north and east for its latest edition, taking place in Las...
Executive Viewpoints Transportation
Catering to Off-Highway EVs’ Unique Thermal Need
A rarity only a few years ago, electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming part of the daily lives of constantly increasing numbers of drivers. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, passenger EV...
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ACT Expo: Honda Shows Class 8 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Truck Concept
Honda debuted a Class 8 hydrogen fuel-cell truck concept — a Peterbilt Model 579EV battery-electric tractor retrofitted with three new Honda fuel cell (FC) systems — at the...
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Hexagon Bullish on CNG for Long-Haul Trucks
Though some OEMs have signaled that the end of the ICE age is nigh, reports of the combustion engine’s death as the backbone of the commercial-trucking industry are greatly exaggerated....
Executive Viewpoints Green Design & Manufacturing
Volvo Charts Its Path Towards Zero Emissions
Volvo Trucks is betting on themselves to reach the aggressive goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company is taking an almost fanatical approach to its emissions reduction targets in...
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Electronic Torque Limiting Boosts Machine Productivity
Electrification isn’t just a matter of switching out the diesel engine for an electric motor. It requires a thorough review of connected systems – particularly the hydraulic...
News Energy
Strategic Dialogue Crucial to Advancing Fleet Electrification
In the actively changing landscape of transportation, the electrification of fleets has emerged as a pivotal step towards a sustainable and clean energy future. Electrification...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Volvo Trucks’ Battery Chemistry of Choice: NCA
While Daimler Truck, Paccar and Accelera by Cummins are pursuing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells with technology partner EVE Energy, Volvo Trucks employs lithium-ion batteries in...
Technology Report Manned Systems
Sustainable Ecosystem Model Involves Multiple Partners
Rooftop solar panels will soon power about 90% of PFG’s Gilroy, California, operations, the starting point for cold food deliveries. The vehicles getting the various edibles and...
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Charging Infrastructure Coming – at a Cost
It’s no secret that insufficient battery charging infrastructure is an impediment to commercial-vehicle fleets’ electrification efforts. To provide direction and some certainty for...
Technical Innovation Energy
Fuel Cell Production Spurs Supplier Opportunities
The head of General Motors’ global fuel-cell business is bullish about ongoing opportunities for suppliers in the emerging hydrogen-power space, as GM and partner Honda Motor Co. began...
Technical Innovation Energy
Daimler and Linde Announce Liquid-Hydrogen Refueling Technology
Daimler Truck and Linde Engineering recently announced sLH2, a jointly developed refueling technology for subcooled liquid hydrogen. The companies claim that subcooled liquid...
Technical Innovation Power
Thermal Management for Off-Highway Vehicles
As demand increases for electric and hybrid technology advancements in the North American market, off-highway vehicles are subject to many challenges. These range from vibration and shock impacts...
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