Reinova & Sattelo for the thermal management
Reinova & Sattelo, together to develop a competence centre for the thermal management of electric cars
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FPT Industrial at Fenatran
From 7th to 11th November 2022, FPT Industrial exhibited at Fenatran 2022, one of the most important transport trade shows in the world in Brazil
Machine learning and AI are crucial in today’s design environment. The tools developed by Ricardo
Ricardo developed some valuable tools based on machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to assist designers in managing the complexity dictated by the evolution of powertrain, since traditional design techniques are no longer sufficient. We spoke with two of Ricardo’s specialists, Peter...
Double ‘h’ Koenigsegg Gemera: hybrid hypercar
The state of the art of hybrid technology: Koenigsegg Gemera Koenigsegg Gemera. During the month of May we will accompany you with this Swedish hypercar. A concentrate of technology that we will tell you in episodes and that you can find, in reduced form, on the next issue of Diesel International, a...
A seal with an integrated bearing: Freudenberg makes steering easier
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has introduced a seal that comes with an integrated bearing: more into details, a plastic rotating bearing is combined with a seal in a single, precisely matched unit. The design offers significant weight, cost and friction advantages over separate bearings and seals...
Volkswagen and coronavirus
From headquarters came out the road map: Volkswagen and coronavirus Volkswagen and coronavirus. The German automotive Group is ready to start again. Here’s what they’re letting us know from headquarter (before starting, find out more about VW and mobile charging stations). “The plants of...
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LF and its role in the North African market. Interview with CEO Massimo Labruna
LF was founded in 2020 to distribute FPT Industrial products in the North African market. We deepened our knowledge of LF’s activities with Massimo Labruna, CEO of AS Labruna and LF.
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The third India Diesel Powertrain Summit in June 2020
The third India Diesel Powertrain Summit 2020 is scheduled on June 17-18 in Chennai, India. The event will be dedicated to providing the next 5-10 years of policy direction and supporting localized technological innovation as well as exploiting the market opportunities in India and other South Asian...
TAPA 2020 postponed in September
TAPA 2020: the Thai automotive show is postponed in extremis due to concerns to the Covid-19. The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of Thailand decided to change the date. The passengers car exhibition is now scheduled on the beginning of September, from 3th to 5th. TAPA 2020: a bri...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
