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Scania is introducing a ground-breaking 13-litre engine range with capacity for biofuels

Scania is introducing a ground-breaking 13-litre engine range with capacity for biofuels

🕔13:16, 10.Jan 2022

Scania’s new engine range is a completely new engine platform, which Scania R&D has spent five years developing from the ground up. The new engine platform represents an investment of more than two billion euros in total. The new range

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New Kohler KSD Series

New Kohler KSD Series

🕔16:26, 25.Nov 2021

Choosing the right engine for any equipment – from gensets to specialty machines – requires time and significant investment. This week, Kohler introduced its latest investment, the KSD Series – Kohler Small Displacement –, a new engine family that represents

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In-Sight or Out-of-Sight Remote Control: Cat Command Expands to Excavators

In-Sight or Out-of-Sight Remote Control: Cat Command Expands to Excavators

🕔13:52, 6.Nov 2021

Mid-sized excavators have joined the lineup of Cat machines that can be remotely controlled using a console or station. Cat Command for Excavators, which encompasses both Cat’s line-of-sight remote control console and its non-line-of-sight remote control station — is now

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Meet Volvo prototype LX03: the intelligent future of construction

Meet Volvo prototype LX03: the intelligent future of construction

🕔16:46, 28.Oct 2021

This fully autonomous, battery-electric prototype by Volvo Construction Equipment is the first real-world example of a self-learning concept wheel loader with the brains to make decisions, perform tasks, and interact with humans. It is also the first time ever a

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Hitachi meets growing demand for mixed fleet data

Hitachi meets growing demand for mixed fleet data

🕔19:50, 21.Sep 2021

In response to the growing demand from customers for access to accurate machine data and analysis to enhance efficiency on the job site, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) is improving the ease and frequency in which this is provided.

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Deutz hydrogen engine ready for the market

Deutz hydrogen engine ready for the market

🕔13:33, 12.Aug 2021

Deutz launches the TCG 7.8 H2, the company’s first hydrogen engine. The drive, which meets all of the eligibility criteria set by the EU for zero CO2 emission engines, is a further addition to the company’s portfolio of low-emission and

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Cummins begins testing of hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine

Cummins begins testing of hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine

🕔14:35, 11.Aug 2021

Cummins Inc. has taken another step forward in advancing zero-carbon technology as the company began testing a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine. The proof-of-concept test is building on Cummins’ existing technology leadership in gaseous-fuel applications and powertrain leadership to create new

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John Deere Power Systems 18.0L – “Diesel of the Year” 2021

John Deere Power Systems 18.0L – “Diesel of the Year” 2021

🕔20:20, 19.Mar 2021

The John Deere 18.0L engine was awarded the Diesel of the year (DOTY) 2021. Introduced as a preview at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, held in Las Vegas from 10 to 14 March 2020, the in-line six-cylinder engine has immediately attracted the attention of

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Komatsu and Proterra announce new collaboration to develop all-electric construction equipment

Komatsu and Proterra announce new collaboration to develop all-electric construction equipment

🕔11:38, 29.Jan 2021

Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, a global leader in construction equipment, have announced an agreement to leverage Proterra’s best-in-class battery technology for the development of Komatsu’s first battery-electric middle-class hydraulic excavator. The collaboration represents

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Yanmar develops new 1.6-liter and 2.1-liter industrial diesel engines

Yanmar develops new 1.6-liter and 2.1-liter industrial diesel engines

🕔21:09, 28.Jan 2021

Yanmar has developed two models of high-powered industrial diesel engines (3TN86CHT /4TN86CHT) that comply with EU StageV and U.S. EPA/CARB Tier 4 emission regulations. The newly developed engine pursues even higher power density (power output per displacement) by integrating the

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Pioneering electro-hydraulic solution significantly improving fuel efficiency in construction equipment

Pioneering electro-hydraulic solution significantly improving fuel efficiency in construction equipment

🕔18:41, 26.Jan 2021

Volvo Construction Equipment and Finland’s Norrhydro have developed a digital hydraulic actuator that increases productivity while radically cutting fuel bills and CO2 emissions in construction applications. If widely adopted, it could help the industry meet its sustainability ambitions while at

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Deutz and John Deere Power Systems announce engine collaboration

Deutz and John Deere Power Systems announce engine collaboration

🕔22:50, 9.Dec 2020

Deutz and John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) have announced plans to jointly develop and source components for a low horsepower range engine up to 130kW. Working together, the parties will be able to develop an engine that provides customers additional

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Controlul automat al excavatorului – eficiența de a lucra în 2D sau 3D

Controlul automat al excavatorului – eficiența de a lucra în 2D sau 3D

🕔09:55, 4.Sep 2020

Șantierele și procesele de construcții devin mai complexe, provocările sunt mari, sarcinile operatorilor de utilaje cresc, iar presiunea termenelor-limită și a costurilor este imensă. Sistemele de control al excavatorului asistă și ușurează sarcinile operatorului, optimizează procesul de lucru și cresc

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De ce viitorul utilajelor compacte este văzut ca fiind electric

De ce viitorul utilajelor compacte este văzut ca fiind electric

🕔22:06, 17.Aug 2020

Din rațiuni de mediu și de eficiență, cererea de utilaje electrice pentru construcții în vestul Europei este în creștere. Acest lucru este valabil în special în segmentul utilajelor compacte, folosite adesea în medii urbane, dens populate. Deși motoarele diesel care

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Case releases SiteWatch telematics platform with new design, new dashboard and simple navigation

Case releases SiteWatch telematics platform with new design, new dashboard and simple navigation

🕔23:11, 28.Jul 2020

Case Construction Equipment launches the next generation of its SiteWatch telematics platform with an all-new dashboard, more intuitive navigation and new overview sections that spotlight critical information without requiring the user to search extensively for the data. Case SiteWatch is

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