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CrossControl Advances Virtual Fencing and Object Detection
Industrial vehicles such as forklifts, cranes and tractors have come a long way in terms of applying technology, enhancing performance with improved operation and safety. With the...
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SAE International and Sustainable Mobility Solutions Recognized by White House
SAE International and its Sustainable Mobility Solutions (SMS) are making big moves, and the nation’s taking notice.
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CNH Introduces Battery-Electric, Autonomous-Ready Tractor
CNH Industrial recently introduced what it says is the world’s first autonomous-ready, battery-electric light utility tractor at its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona. The New Holland...
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Blue Arc Amps up for EV Production
In June of 2020, while the world was still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic, Spartan Motors announced that it was rebranding as The Shyft Group. Following this reorganization, Shyft announced in...
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Increasing Connectivity in Construction
Wouldn’t it be great if the entire jobsite – the general contractor, subcontractors, designers, owners, equipment vendors and material suppliers – were all working in sync with the data that...
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Perkins Tackles Decarbonization of Off-Highway Machines
Decarbonization is currently one of the biggest buzzwords in the off-highway sector. OEMs around the globe are now offering and researching solutions for their customers so that they...
Original Equipment Energy
New Holland Electric Mini-Excavator Hits Market
Contractors and municipalities in 2023 will have an electric alternative to diesel-powered small excavators.
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Hydrogen Shows Increased Commercial Interest
While several commercial vehicle OEMs, including Tesla and Nikola, are in the latter phase of testing battery-electric semi-tractors on the road, action in the hydrogen space continues to grow...
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AV Life After Argo AI
The recent shuttering of Argo AI, one of the autonomous-vehicle industry’s leading tech companies, by Ford and Volkswagen might come as a surprise to commuters in San Francisco and in Phoenix, Arizona. Those who...
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Danfoss and Sany Extend Electrification of Off-Highway Machines
At Bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany, Danfoss revealed that its electrified powertrain system was driving a new electric crawler crane, the Sany SCE800TB-EV. This will be Sany’s...
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Liebherr Reveals ‘Hybrid’ CFRP Cylinders and Parallel-Pump Concept
Reducing weight from components and systems is a major trend in passenger vehicles to boost fuel efficiency and driving range.
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Volvo CE Targets Jobsite Safety with Collision Mitigation for Wheel Loaders
Volvo Group announced its vision for zero accidents long ago and has launched several advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for its commercial trucks in recent...
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Response to More-Rigid NOx and GHG Regs
The new low-NOx standards are part of the EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan that also includes “Phase 3” greenhouse gas standards for HD vehicles beginning in MY 2027.
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BMW Plans Move to Structural Battery Packs and ‘46120’ Cells
The technology below the smooth skin of BMW’s i Vision Dee concept car, unveiled at CES 2023, marks a major step forward in the company’s electric-vehicle...
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CES 2023: Ram Unveils 2024 Electric Pickup Concept
Stellantis’ Ram brand is late to the ranks of full-size battery-electric pickup trucks, following the Ford F-150 Lighting EV and Rivian R1Tin 2022, GM’s Silverado EV due in fall 2023,...
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BMW Previews an HMI Future Without Dashboard Screens
The BMW i Vision Dee is an electric tease, dialed up to Las Vegas wattage for a provocative unveiling at CES 2023: A novel digital grille, wrapped with Kindle-style “E-ink” material,...
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Navistar’s ‘Ground Up’ Approach to All-New Diesel Engine
Though electrification has taken center stage for the commercial trucking industry, diesel ICE powertrains will continue to serve as the preferred propulsion system of many...
Original Equipment Transportation
Hyundai CE Debuts Hydrogen and Electric Excavators at Bauma 2022
The Hyundai HW155H hydrogen-powered excavator concept made its debut in late October at the Bauma expo in Munich, Germany. Hyundai Construction Equipment displayed the...
Editorial Energy
Zeroing in on Zero-Carbon Fuels
COP27, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, over a two-week span in November, helped bring global attention to the need for significant reductions of...
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Liebherr Goes All in on Hydrogen Fuel
At the Bauma conference in late October, Liebherr displayed two prototype H2-fueled engines, the H964 and H966, to showcase its hydrogen-engine technology. Each prototype employed a different hydrogen...
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Kohler Doubles down on ICE Development
Kohler announced a new strategy at the Bauma 2022 expo – the company aims to transform itself from a power producer into an energy supplier. “Our business transformation is focused on providing...
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Tension and the Electric Takeover
Something happened in September 2022 that can be seen as emblematic of the auto industry’s accelerating transition to electrification: Tesla’s Model Y was Europe’s best-selling vehicle. An EV as an...
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Hydraulic Fluids Evolve to Meet Critical Equipment-Design Trends
Driven by a number of factors, hydraulic equipment such as excavators, lifts, presses, bulldozers, cranes, injection molding equipment and more are rapidly evolving to meet...
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Hub-Motoring in Lordstown’s Novel Endurance
“It’s been exciting to create a new vehicle from the ground up,” Chi Yip, Lordstown Motors’ director of vehicle integration, asserted from the passenger seat, as we accelerated onto...
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FPT’s New EPowertrain Plant Commences EAxle Production for Nikola Tre BEV
Sustainability is an increasingly significant target for many commercial-vehicle manufacturers’ industrial activities and new products, and FPT Industrial is no...
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Volvo Leads the Shift to ‘Driver Understanding’
Volvo started teasing out some of the details of its all-electric replacement for the XC90 SUV, dubbed the EX90.
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Going the Last Mile
Pizza is a subject that puts a smile on most faces but for Matteo Del Sorbo, the delight extends far beyond the actual pie.
News Unmanned Systems
Hopeful but Closer Scrutiny for SAE Level 4 Automation
As the auto industry and its suppliers, along with technology developers and startups, recalibrate for what appears to be a new and more pragmatic phase of automated-driving...
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Autonomous Transit Bus Nears Its First Year of Operation
Since May 2022, Michigan State University students, faculty and staff have been able to ride within campus boundaries on an autonomous electric bus, one of the largest automated-driving...
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Sesame Solar's Nanogrid Tech Promises Major Gains in Drone Endurance