Automotive

Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the TRATON GROUP plan to pioneer a European high-performance charging network for heavy-duty trucks. Volvo Trucks acquires heavy-duty truck manufacturing operation in China

Cummins will invest in the further development of the medium-duty engine platform and its global production and delivery starting in the second half of the decade for Daimler Trucks & Buses. On the other hand, Daimler Truck will no longer invest its own funds in the further development of its medium...

Vanzetti Engineering supplied its cryogenic pumps for an important project involving the reconversion to gas of 60 percent of the vehicles of Contarina, a public waste management company operating in 49 municipalities in the province of Treviso, in Northern Italy.

Cummins will provide hydrogen fuel cell electric powertrains integrated into selected OEM partners’ heavy-duty trucks for Air Products, as Air Products begins the process of converting its global fleet of distribution vehicles to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Such systems, utilizing and harnessing state-of-the-art 800V technologies, are already at advanced stages of development and being tested in real-world conditions. GKN Automotive’s global experts are now working with some of the major automotive manufacturers to make these advanced eDrive systems a ...

The joint venture will produce Cummins-branded natural gas fuel delivery systems for the commercial vehicle market in North America, combining the strengths of Momentum Fuel Technologies’ compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel delivery systems, Cummins’ powertrain expertise, and the engineering and suppo...

Smesh E-Axle has developed a brand-new powerful and compact powertrain, capable to maintain high efficiency no matter what energy carrier is used. The prototype has undergone several internal tests and some more external and field tests will be carried out in the next few months.

The driveline, which would enable quite an innovative solution with zero exhaust emissions and significantly reduced noise levels, has entered the production stage at the Volvo Penta Vara plant in Sweden.

German engineering company IAV and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced a joint research project aimed at comparing and evaluating innovative drives based on hydrogen, electrification, hybridization and methane combustion in heavy-duty trucks.

The advanced transmission technology offers smooth and quiet operation, and the electric motor uses High Voltage Hairpin technology delivering exceptional performance. Overall drive system weight and space are reduced by integrating the gearbox, a 400V silicon inverter and the motor with a compact, ...