Automotive

Cummins L Series engines at work in Hong Kong are now more than ever. In fact, the arrival of new ADL Enviro500 three-axle double decker buses to the Hong Kong franchised fleets during 2020 has taken the Cummins L Series engine population up to an in-service record high of 4,500 buses in the territo...

The Torsus Praetorian is a Czech 4×4 off-road bus powered by a MAN engine which can either be customized in several ways or be suitable for many applications. Including a school bus option for up to 35 passengers. Torsus is an international manufacturer that started its business in 2016. Headqu...

Let’s talk about buses and mention a driving impression recently published by our colleagues from AUTOBUS magazine (here’s the link to the international magazine Sustainable Bus). The VDL Futura Fhd2-129 bus stands out for its driveline thanks to the collaboration with two giants such as DAF a...

Volvo and Daimler Trucks, together for hydrogen. It’s not at all a breaking news, as we talked about it in this post, last April, when the two primary companies announced a 50 percent joint venture aimed at joining forces for the development of hydrogen technology and the production of fuel-cell sys...

FPT Industrial Longrun(s), in the sense that it works in the short and long term in reducing exhaust emissions. A contribution that applies to both off-highway and onroad. FPT Industrial’s involvement in onroad initiatives is certainly not new, given its familiarity with the bus&truck. Do ...

Škoda Auto has implemented a new processing line for plasma coating by adding an assembly line with two special fixtures for plasma coating at its main plant. Such an innovative concept allows conventional cylinder liners to be replaced with a powder coating that measures just 150 μm (0.15 mm), resu...

The Scania V8 engine is a truly iconic one, which has had quite a significant evolution in over 50 years (here, a post about the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the V8). The latest important developments were recently introduced by the company’s management: increased maximum power, a new ge...

BorgWarner will supply EGR modules for the next generation of FCA mild hybrids. It’s not the first time that we talk about BorgWarner’s efforts to speed up the development of hybrid or electric vehicles as well as to increase energy efficiency. This time, the news deals with a primary automotive bra...

Volkswagen looks away, batteries are the target. Despite the post-Covid shallows and the recession that has hit the passenger cars market hard,  Volkswagen invests on batteries technology in order to accelerate the optimization of the full electric technology. For first, we report the news concernin...

The supervisory board of the global company ZF (here, we talk about R&D) has approved the foundation of a new division dealing with e-mobility. Namely, the new division is conceived for electrified drivelines for passenger cars. Such a change will happen at the very beginning of 2021 and coincid...