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Energy

How Much Do You Know About Alternative Fuels?

Fuel supply and costs are a growing concern for consumers and businesses alike. Fleets running medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles have many options beyond conventional diesel fuel. Test your knowledge on the history and current state of alternative fuels with this quiz.

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Power

Harbinger Extends its Range of Medium-Duty EVs

Harbinger has unveiled the HC Series, a medium-duty commercial EV truck with an integrated range extender that aims to offer the best of both EC and ICE worlds in terms of range, uptime and payload capacity.

Technical Innovation

Manned Systems

Cummins Mid-bore X10 Engine Raises the Performance Bar

Cummins continues to roll out new engine architectures under its fuel-agnostic HELM platform.

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Power

Turntide Cuts Time to Market for Electric Construction Equipment

A new semi-integrated axial flux EDU platform is validated and tested upfront for electric and hybrid system manufacturers.

Technical Innovation

Manned Systems

Volvo Penta Announces Latest Industrial Genset Engine

Volvo unveils the latest addition to their stationary power generation portfolio, the natural-gas fed G17 engine.

Original Equipment

Manned Systems

Hyundai’s Next Gen Excavators Break Ground at CONEXPO

Hyundai has brought its Next Gen HX excavator models out for their first public appearance at CONEXPO in Las Vegas. The new HX models are more fuel efficient, powerful and safer than ever before.

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Power

Detroit Unveils Gen 6 Heavy-duty Diesel Lineup

Detroit has announced the details on its latest heavy-duty powertrain lineup that will meet upcoming EPA regulations slated for 2027.

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Transportation

Hydrogen Engines Are Heating Up for Heavy Duty

Zero-carbon fuels are gaining momentum for hard-to-electrify mobility sectors as well as for stationary power generation. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are staking their claim as a future...

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AR/AI

AI Influence on ICE Design

Experts offer their outlook on the future of heavy-duty internal combustion engines, and of course AI will play a role.

Original Equipment

Transportation

CONEXPO 2026: Volvo CE to Reveal New Articulated Hauler and Short-swing, Compact and Wheeled Excavators

Volvo CE set to reveal new articulated hauler and short-swing, compact and wheeled excavators.

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Energy

H2-ICE Is Heating Up

Zero-carbon fuels are gaining momentum for hard-to-electrify mobility sectors as well as for stationary power generation. Hydrogen internal combustion engines are staking their claim as a future pathway for long-haul trucking, heavy off-highway machines, maritime vessels, and gensets. Test your knowledge about hydrogen combustion engines in this quiz.

Technical Innovation

Power

Reshaping the Mobile-hydraulic Ecosystem

The industry is steadily shifting away from piecemeal systems and toward integrated, intelligent power architectures.

Technical Innovation

Power

Rolls-Royce Pursues Pure Methanol for Marine Engines

Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol.

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Power

FEV Simplifies Off-Highway Electrification

One presentation at the IVT Expo detailed an EPGS (electrified planetary gearset) off-highway drivetrain architecture that is modular and scalable for a variety of powertrain configurations.

Technical Innovation

Power

Komatsu Augments Intelligent Machine Control in New Excavator

The IMC 3.0 platform is currently only available on the PC220LCi-12. Komatsu plans to expand IMC 3.0 into its new excavators and dozers for future launches, Matthew Moen, Komatsu product manager for excavators, and Darrell Binnion, Komatsu digital products training manager, said.

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Power

Engine Design for the Next 20 Years

Manufacturers at the forefront of sustainability efforts, who are intent on electrifying commercial trucks and off-highway machines, still see the necessity to include internal combustion engines (ICE) in...

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Power

First Drive: Drifting in the Electric 2027 Mercedes GLC 400

All the tech results in a vehicle doing something it shouldn't: gliding over sand. The vehicle never felt like it was about to sink into the dunes, gracefully drifting without issue.

Original Equipment

Transportation

ZM Trucks Starts Production in Fontana, California

In late August, ZM Trucks celebrated the grand opening of its U.S. headquarters and assembly facility in Fontana, California. SAE Media was in attendance for the opening ceremony, which included the U.S. debut of the ZM8 Class 4/5 truck. Read on to learn all about it.

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Energy

Hydrogen’s Humming in Power Generation

Not long ago we covered some high-profile struggles hydrogen-technology companies had encountered, including Nikola and Hyzon both deciding to cease operations. But despite legitimate challenges,...

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Energy

Cummins’ X15 Is a Model of Design Efficiency

As AI and other deep-learning tools begin to help shape the transportation industry, they also bring improvements to existing technology. Modeling and simulation software has rapidly become a...

Technical Innovation

Power

Natural Gas Infrastructure Is Scaling Fast for HD Fleets

A significant shift is transforming the heavy-duty transportation sector: the rapid advancement of natural gas and renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Energy

Bosch Invested in Large-Scale Metal 3D Printing

Bosch bolstered its 3D printing capabilities when it added a new metal 3D printer at its Nuremberg, Germany, plant earlier this year. The NXG XII 600 metal 3D printer from Nikon SLM Solutions...

Technical Innovation

Motion Control

Schaeffler Optimizes Rolling Bearings for Hydraulic and Axle Drives

Rolling bearings with optimized friction and performance characteristics can have a significant influence on reducing the power loss, design envelope and weight of...

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Motion Control

Komatsu Logs a New Timber Machine

Komatsu has announced a new swing machine designed to move large quantities of timber in log loader and millyard environments. The TimberPro TN785D is Komatsu’s most powerful and highest capacity machine...

Technical Innovation

Test & Measurement

Cummins Powers up the S17 Genset

Cummins has expanded its Centum diesel generator series that elevates sustained performance while maximizing power density. The latest addition to the company’s portfolio is a 17-liter engine platform...

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Design

Solving Problems and Seeking Big Ideas for Commercial Vehicles

Advancing technology to solve challenges involving regulation, compliance, autonomy, electrification, combustion engines and other areas is an obvious focus of SAE...

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Energy

Challenges and Opportunities of Electrifying Off-Highway Machines

The off-highway machine industry is embracing new technologies to optimize operations, specifically regarding electric and hybrid off-highway equipment. The electric...

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Power

Next Reman Up: The Role of Engine Remanufacturing

Sustainability has been among the hottest topics for the commercial vehicle industry over the past decade. OEMs, suppliers and various governmental agencies across the globe are touting new...

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Power

Clarios Brings AI to Idle Management for Heavy Trucks

The predominant low-voltage battery maker Clarios today announced that IdleLess, a sensor-and-AI-driven system for heavy-duty trucks that it says can save up to $3,300 per year per...