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Ballard’s FCmove-XD fuel cell engine to debut at IAA 2024

Canadian fuel cell supplier’s latest high-performance module for heavy-duty vehicles, scalable from 120-360kW, will make its European debut at IAA Transportation 2024 in September. The new product “is designed to deliver uncompromised power and performance for operators and efficient integration on ...

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Mercedes plug-in hybrid system: the diesel-electric star

The crown jewels of Mercedes plug-in hybrid system are still the 9G-Tronic transmission and the four-cylinder diesel engine OM654 in a 194 hp and 400 Nm version with Euro 6d TEMP emissions. We might then say that the marriage between hybrid technology and diesel is quite a perfect one. However, Dies...

The Nikola TRE e-truck will be produced in Ulm

The news was spread by CNH Industrial. The Nikola TRE e-truck will be produced at the Iveco plant in Ulm, Germany. There, the first trucks produced will be the BEV (Battery electric vehicle) heavy commercial vehicles, the first step towards the FCEV (Fuel-cell electric vehicles) hydrogen-powered mod...

All-plastic fuel vapor pump improves engine efficiency

Pierburg (Rheinmetall Automotive), Swoboda, BASF and General Motors have developed the first all-plastic fuel vapor pump assembly in serial production. The component is currently produced at Pierburg’s facility in Fountain Inn, South Carolina and placed on the 2019 Cadillac XT4. The assembly is moun...

How much do the new diesel engines pollute?

Two different studies on the pollution levels of new diesel engines reveal quite disputable results. The issue is quite a hot one in the news currently, given the traffic restrisctions imposed in some large cities. Let’s start with the news that dampens the enthusiasm of the defenders of diese...

There’s FPT behind the first gas-powered firefighting vehicle

The first gas-powered firefighting vehicle. The rush to sustainable and environmentally-friendly solutions for vehicles employed by municipalities and public organizations has started. Some manufacturers are working on it and important results have arisen in the last few years in different sectors. ...

RAM 1500, the mild hybrid pick-up lands in Europe

Thanks to the official importer KWA (Klintberg & Way Automotive), the all-new RAM 1500 electric pick-up crosses the borders of the US and arrives in Europe. For us, the most interesting part of the vehicle is certainly its eTorque engine system, the unique mild hybrid system with regenerative br...

Sustainable Truck of the Year 2020: and the winners are…

The Sustainable Truck of the Year 2020 awards were presented during a ceremony held at Ecomondo. The fourth edition of the Sustainable Truck of the Year, appointed by the trade magazine Vado e Torno, awarded three different winners: the Mercedes Actros among the Tractor, the Scania Hybrid for Distri...

Active Shift Control: efficiency in gear-shift by Hyundai

Active Shift Control (ASC) is the transmission technology Hyundai Motor Group has developed to optimize gear-shift efficiency by monitoring gear shifts 500 times per second and precisely controlling the power distribution of the hybrid engine. The new system will be equipped with future hybrid model...
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