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Allison Transmission @ IFAT
At IFAT in Munich, Allison is presenting transmissions for alternative technologies to the Diesel ICE, from fuel-agnostic propulsion solutions to Allison eGen Power fully electric axles for municipal and refuse collection vehicles
MAN’s D38 hydrogen engine has found a home on the truck
MAN Engines supplied the hydrogen-powered D38 for 200 hTGX trucks. MAN has also recently developed hydrogen engines for a snow groomer and a stationary CHP plant
Caterpillar likes HVO for rental power solutions
Caterpillar Rental Power Solutions Deployed By Peterson Power Systems Surpass 8 Million Gallons In HVO Fuel Use
Wacker Neuson pushes on electrification
Wacker Neuson's commitment to decarbonization is combined with electrification of new rammers, vibratory plates and dumpers
Kubota joins the Allianz Hydrogen Engine
Kubota has joined the Allianz Hydrogen Engine, an organisation which pools knowledge from industry and research. Kubota’s own concept 3.8L 85 kW hydrogen engine has already been publicly unveiled and has already been attracting widespread industry interest.
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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BorgWarner eTurbo
Step by step electrification is involving all the powertrain. BorgWarner eTurbo The American company, that recently enlarged our focus by the acquisition of Delphi, is developing new solutions to support electrification. Let’s read the BorgWarner eTurbo official. WUHAN DOESN’T MEAN JUST ...
Improving the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine (Part III)
Improving the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines is a key requirement for the future of this technology. This is the third part of a technical article written by Serguei Tikhonenkov, MSc. Here you can find the first part, here’s the second part, published last week. At the end of ...
Volvo and Daimler trucks will speak the hydrogen language. In a joint-venture
Volvo Group and Daimler will share a Green vision Volvo and Daimler are going into a cooperation to make dreams reality. A reality called hydrogen (here find out the Nikola-Iveco relationship). Although investments in ‘full electric’ are increasingly taking shape, the word ‘hydroge...
The key role of advanced biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Most recent data available evaluating California’s Low Carbon Fuels Standard has demonstrated that diesel engines and equipment using advanced biofuels, including biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel, have delivered more greenhouse gas reduction benefits than vehicle electrification and even ethanol....
Improving the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine (Part II)
It’s pretty sure that fuel efficiency is one of the main factors that trigger the competitiveness of internal combustion engine also in the next years and decades. Hybridization and electrification are major challenges indeed for more traditional engines. Last week we started the publication of a te...
Improving the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine (Part I)
The matter of fuel efficiency is crucial indeed for internal combustion engine to be competitive in the future scenarios of mobility. Here we publish the first part of an authoritative technical contribution about such a key issue. The next parts will be published in the next weeks on our website. T...
Kawasaki Engines Europe. What’s new?
Kawasaki Engines Europe. Richard Harris In recent months Kawasaki Engines Europe has reorganized its sales framework. Towards the end of last year Richard Harris was appointed by Kawasaki to lead their Sales department following eight years as European Business Development Manager. He takes responsi...
Two MTU LNG engines power a special shallow-water push boat
Rolls-Royce and Canadian vessel designers Robert Allan introduced the world’s first LNG-powered shallow-water push boat. The project is the result of a joint development for environmentally friendly and climate-friendly transportation on inland waterways. At the International Workboat S...
Carraro at Conexpo: through electric & hybrid
Carraro at Conexpo Las Vegas. Electric applications under the spotlight Carraro at Conexpo, In Las Vegas, the genuine industrial footprint of Carraro Drivetech and the North American construction industry are intertwined. Even in Carraro’s sights there is electrification. What the Itali...
Rolls-Royce and hydrogen. Lab1886
Rolls-Royce and hydrogen. German feeling in the days of the Coronavirus Rolls-Royce and hydrogen. For some people hydrogen is a mirage, for others a revolutionary perspective, for others a future built from the present. “Hydrogen Roadmap Europe: A sustainable pathway for the European Energy T...
