Parker and the electric spirit at bauma
Two fractions of Parker's electric soul at bauma are GVM motors and GVI Gen 2 inverters
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Caterpillar happy 100 th birthday
Celebrating Caterpillar's Centennial and ‘The Next 100 Years’ at bauma, where ICE, BESS, electrified machines and a hydrogen engine were also on display
Deutz to purchase UMS
Deutz acquires Dutch company Urban Mobility Systems (UMS), involved in the field of battery-electric drives for off-highway applications
Battery One. For Schwamborn too
Battery One is a German supplier of battery solutions for battery-powered construction equipment. Among the OEMs in its portfolio is Wacker Neuson
Yanmar launches Electrification Unit for off-highway segment
The new Electrification Unit will concentrate on three primary product areas: Yanmar-branded industrial machinery, machinery for OEMs, and components and e-powertrains for industrial machinery.
Parker in Spain to electrify mobile equipment
Parker authorizes Soluciones Generales de Ingenieria as Certified Mobile Electrification Center in Spain to accelerate the transition to low-carbon mobile equipment operations across EMEA
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Moteurs Baudouin to showcase world’s most powerful 6+ MVA genset at Middle East Energy 2025
In a world premiere at Middle East Energy 2025, Moteurs Baudouin will introduce the highest-rated genset available for critical backup power, unprecedented power rating exceeding 6 MVA.
Dellorto two-track strategy
The two-track strategy allows the Dellorto group to extend and customise its expertise in EGR, throttle bodies, power units, BMS and batteries from motorbikes to off-highway applications with long-life requirements
HD Hyundai Infracore from G2 compact engines to DOTY 2025 DX Series
Hyundai G2 and DX. Doosan Infracore’s G2 series made its first DIESEL International cover at bauma 2013. Twelve years after, at bauma 2025, DIESEL has since become POWERTRAIN and Doosan has become HD Hyundai Infracore.
The DX series, crowned DotY 2025, marks a new milestone. But what does it have
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The importance of battery packs for truck electrification
Research on truck electrification (here, our post about the introduction of the Nikola Tre, at the end of last year) has made significant progress in recent years and the still high level of the prices is expected to decrease in the coming years. Among the primary elements in this research work are ...
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 ...
ZF financial results, between investments and coronavirus
ZF financial results have been released a few days ago. The year 2019 was quite a stable one, with some concerns about the overall turnover and EBIT margin. The current year will be a tricky one, due to the coronavirus outbreak and its consequences on production and global economy. Let’s star...
A growing trend for electric bus market in Europe
In 2019, the European electric bus market set a new record tripling the figures of 2018. Nearly 12 per cent of city buses registered in 2019 were battery-electric. But things are going to get even deeper, very soon: Interact Analysis forecasts that «approximately 40% of new city buses registered in ...
Deutz Italy to take stock of electrification and Stage V
Deutz Italy and electrification Deutz Italy is not simply a subsidiary, it is one of the most productive operating arms in Cologne. In this sense, the impressions we gathered from Roberto Brivio, CEO of Deutz Italy, reflect a trend that does not stop at the Alps. We focused on electrification and St...
Geotab for electric vehicles: the battery degradation tool
Geotab has developed a solution aimed at evaluating battery degradation on electric vehicles. It all start from the analysis of aggregated data from 6,300 vehicles reveals that electric vehicles batteries may outlast usable life of vehicle. Announced at Geotab Connect 2020, the easy-to-use to...
Deutz and electrification. Ideas for the future at the 49th VDBUM Seminar
The connection between Deutz and electrification is quite strong. We talked about this more than once and the latest acquisitions (just to mention Torqeedo and Futavis) and a further proof of a trend. From February 11 to 14, Deutz took part in an important event held in Willingen and organized by th...
Microgrids in agriculture. Our interview with MTU, part two
As we promised last week, here’s the second part of our interview with MTU specialists and managers about microgrids in agriculture. The last question of the first part, which you can read here, dealt with the customers’ approach when choosing between diesel or gas engines. Now, it’s time to talk ab...
Bonfiglioli at Agritechnica. Our interview with Manuel Cortesi
We met Bonfiglioli at Agritechnica 2019. A short chat with a Bonfiglioli product specialist at the major exhibitions is something quite traditional for us. Last autumn in Hannover we had a chat with Manuel Cortesi, Market Segment Sales Manager for the Agriculture Industry. Good morning, Mr Cortesi. ...
Siemens diesel-electric propulsion on board the MY Vanadis superyacht
Siemens diesel-electric propulsion, namely the Siship EcoProp, is on board the MY Vanadis superyacht, a 31-metre vessel built by CCN (Cerri Cantieri Navali). The system provides that the propulsion may rely on traditional diesel engines to navigate at cruising speed or rather on electric motors for ...
