Sustainability

JCB has developed the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen powered excavator. The 20-tonne 220X excavator powered by a hydrogen fuel cell has been undergoing rigorous testing at JCB’s quarry proving grounds for more than 12 months. HYDROGEN? HERE’S THE ROLLS-ROYCE COLLABORATION WITH LAB...

MTU gas engines. MTU is a pioneer in the application of gas engines in the marine industry (and LNG as well), as demonstrated by the 4000 series. This is one of the strategies followed by Friedrichshafen, together with hybrid propulsion. Once again a ferry-boat, still in the Netherlands, still the 1...

The Fpt Industrial F28 NG  showed itself at Agritechnica together with its twin diesel engine, twin but still firstborn. To see it under the hood of a tractor we will have to wait a little longer. Diego Rotti told us ‘affinity and differences’ with diesel and hybrid and the gestation of ...

Rolls-Royce and Qinous, a story we’ve heard about before. In fact, we’ve already talked about it here at diesel-international.com. The Berlin-based electricity storage specialist Qinous was been acquired by Rolls-Royce, that announced the 73.1% majority stake. And what happened after tha...

John Deere and electrification. Here we’re going to accomplish our mission: talking to you about what is happening in the electrification process. Philippe Contault, JDPS Marketing Communication Manager, explained to us what electrification does it mean to John Deere. The last part of our conv...

ABB speeds up the timetable for the Ecodesign Requirements EU Regulation. The new European Union (EU) Regulation 2019/1781 came into force in October 2019 and sets new requirements, starting July 1, 2021, for the energy performance of a wider range of low voltage motors. For the first time, variable...

Cummins has increased their initial investment from September 2019 in Loop Energy, a Canadian manufacturer of fuel cell systems. The goal is to develop a fuel cell range extender for commercial electric vehicles. Loop is a company specializing in medium and heavy-duty fuel cell buses and trucks, a n...

Despite the pressure to marginalise ICE, the innovative drive to optimise combustion and make it more efficient and less polluting has not been exhausted. We told you about Serguei Tikhonenkov’s studio, MSc. Now it0s time to approach Qasioon, the name of a mountain near Damascus and of Axial I...

An electric Deere, second chapter. Philippe Contault, JDPS Marketing Communication Manager, explained to us and to all of you, what ‘alternative’ really means for John Deere Power Systems. Are the advantages of electrification of power transmission only constructive (e.g. freedom in the ...

Batteries and John Deere. Can you imagine an ‘electric Deere’? We do, but it’s not what you might think. John Deere Power Systems has an original strategy, also due to the Group’s synergies. We asked to Philippe Contault, JDPS Marketing Communication Manager. John Deere&#8217...