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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....
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REE’s P7 Brings Advanced Suspension Control to Medium-Duty Trucks
Take a deep dive into the suspension and control systems of REE’s impressive commercial truck chassis, featuring modular, independently controlled suspension and brake systems. Read on to learn more.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Advancing HMI Development of ADAS and Active Safety Systems
The advancement of vehicles with enhanced safety and infotainment features has made evaluating human-machine interfaces (HMI) in modern commercial and industrial vehicles crucial....
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Cloud Simulation Assists Active-Safety Development for Electric Refuse Truck
North America’s first electric, fully integrated custom cab and chassis refuse collection vehicle — slated for initial customer deliveries in mid-2024 — is...
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Kia’s PBV Concepts Expand Commercial Possibilities
Kia’s entry into the light commercial vehicle market, launched at CES in Las Vegas, provided an overview of the potential range, from last-mile delivery vehicles to medium cargo vans....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Kia Takes Aim at Commercial Vans with PBV Concepts
Kia is positioning itself to make waves in the commercial vehicle sector. At CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the company pulled back the curtains on its electrified commercial van lineup. Though...
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Overcoming EV Drivetrain Testing Challenges
Transportation markets have seen a tremendous surge of interest in hybrid and electric vehicle technology. To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is...
Original Equipment Manufacturing & Prototyping
Yanmar CE Adds to Growing Compact Track Loader Segment
The market for compact construction equipment is growing in North America, driven in part by high demand for compact track loaders (CTLs). CTLs and compact excavators have the highest demand, together generating nearly 68 percent of compact-equipment sales in the market.
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Mack Announces Series Production of MD Electric at Work Truck Week
Mack Trucks announced that series production and deliveries have begun for its second battery-electric truck, the MD Electric. Production MD Electrics have reportedly been...
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Volvo Reveals New VNL with SuperTruck Influence
Volvo Trucks North America has launched the completely redesigned VNL Class 8 truck. The all-new VNL was designed specifically for the North American market and features Volvo’s next...
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JCB Re-Enters North American Paving Market
JCB introduced two new tandem-roller compaction machines to the North American market at the Pave/X 2024 show in San Antonio, Texas, in late January. The CT160 and CT260 are designed for ease of...
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Hydrogen ‘Inevitable’ for Commercial Vehicles
With the perception of diesel engines as bad actors in the worldwide transportation-emissions crackdown, the commercial-vehicle sector is racing to identify and develop propulsion...
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Modine Targets Off-Highway EVs with ‘Plug-And-Play’ BTMS
Suppliers increasingly are developing and integrating thermal-management solutions to meet the specific demands of off-highway EVs. Deutronic, for instance, develops technology...
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Daimler Truck and Torc Intensify Pursuit of Autonomous Trucks
Several autonomous-truck startups faltered in 2023. Another blow to the sector came in December, when TuSimple laid off about 150 employees, or 75% of its U.S. workforce, as it...
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Renewable Diesel Offers Drop-In Solution for Decarbonization
Renewable diesel fuels represent an opportunity to decarbonize on- and off-highway diesel ICE vehicles with a minimal investment in infrastructure and little to no disruption of...
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GM, Autocar to Build Fuel-Cell Commercial Vehicles
General Motors announced this week that it entered a joint development agreement with Alabama-based Autocar Industries to build a range of all-electric commercial trucks powered by...
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Fuel-Cell Power for Monster Mining Trucks in GM, Komatsu Deal
In the latest announcement from GM regarding commercialization of its longstanding hydrogen fuel-cell research and development, it and commercial-vehicle specialist Komatsu said...
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SAE Completes Next Step to Standardize Tesla-Developed EV Charging Connector
SAE International announced on December 19 that it has released the Technical Information Report (TIR) for the SAE J3400 standard covering development and...
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