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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.

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Volvo Penta Announces Latest Industrial Genset Engine

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

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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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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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Power

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.

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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.

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Transportation

Reshaping the Mobile-hydraulic Ecosystem

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

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Automotive

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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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.

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Robotics, Automation & Control

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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Transportation

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.

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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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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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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...

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Manned Systems

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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Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

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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...

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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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AR/AI

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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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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Automotive

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...

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Power

ACT Expo 2025: Battery Experts Fret Tariffs, Encourage Specific Designs

There’s a chaotic elephant in almost every room of the 2025 Advanced Clean Transportation Expo: Tariffs and the Trump administration’s seemingly hostile approach to environmentally friendly technology like EVs and alternative energy sources. Read on to learn more about it.

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Energy

Developing Next-Gen Diesels to Last Decades

Approaching the John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) exhibit at the Bauma 2025 tradeshow in Munich, Germany, a lineup of next-generation internal combustion engines served as sentinels of sorts,...

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Propulsion

No Fear of Loading: Driving the 2025 Ram Heavy Duty

The desert landscapes of the western United States have changed since Mr. Duke and Dr. Gonzo blazed a trail across them in a drug-infused haze. But their advice to buy the ticket and take...

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Mechanical & Fluid Systems

New Volvo D13 VGT Utilizes 24V Architecture

When Volvo revealed its all-new VNR regional haul truck in March 2025, it also marked the launch of something new under the hood: the Volvo D13 VGT (variable geometry turbo) engine. The new D13...

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