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Ben Maclean adds second CAT D6XE electric drive dozer to his fleet

Ben Maclean is the 24-year-old owner of a land reclamation business called Down to Earth Developments that specializes in transforming unusable or degraded land into more productive plots that can be put to residential or agricultural use – and Ben is using these hybrid machines to make reclamation an even more sustainable enterprise. Maclean is … Continue reading “Ben Maclean adds second CAT D6XE electric drive dozer to his fleet”

Mercedes Wants EV Battery Packs With Both NMC And LFP Cells

Mercedes is experimenting with multiple-chemistry battery packs that have more than one type of cell. A new type of micro-converter and hooking up the battery cells in parallel not in series makes this possible. This innovation will improve battery pack performance, modularity and space efficiency. While the details surrounding the impressively efficient new electric CLA … Continue reading “Mercedes Wants EV Battery Packs With Both NMC And LFP Cells”

How simulation and model-based approaches enhance the design, safety and efficiency of batteries

At the backbone of EV performance, battery technologies have earned the spotlight when it comes to accelerating the industry toward increased adoption of profitability. Faced with pressure to achieve range, safety and cost targets, engineers must address the challenges of battery modeling, manufacturing and vehicle integration while accounting for both mechanical performance and thermo-electrical effects. … Continue reading “How simulation and model-based approaches enhance the design, safety and efficiency of batteries”

Electric Chrysler Pacifica minivan plays with flexible interior

The Chrysler Pacifica lineup will gain an electric variant Electric Chrysler Pacifica interior will feature flexible interior packaging Pacifica will be refreshed in 2026 with the electric variant to follow  Chrysler’s inching closer to an electric minivan, and now we know what it will be called. On Thursday at the 2024 LA Auto Show, Chrysler … Continue reading “Electric Chrysler Pacifica minivan plays with flexible interior”

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

Testing on food products has shown that the technology can work. Now, researchers need to learn more about how the laser energy affects different materials to ensure the product quality is not compromised during the drying process. “For paper, it’s important to make sure the tensile strength is not degrading,” Yagoobi said. ​“For food products, … Continue reading “Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills”

YMX Logistics deploys 20 new Orange EV electric yard trucks

Leading yard operation 3PL YMX Logistics has announced plans to deploy fully twenty (20) of Orange EV’s fully electric Class 8 terminal trucks at a number of distribution and manufacturing sites across North America. As the shipping and logistics industries increasingly move to embrace electrification, yard operations have proven to be an almost ideal use case … Continue reading “YMX Logistics deploys 20 new Orange EV electric yard trucks”

Bobcat’s journey to all-electric innovation: inside the T7X platform (Video)

The off-highway equipment industry is undergoing a significant transformation, with electrification taking center stage. Bobcat, a leading innovator in this space, has introduced its all-electric platform, the T7X. Unlike a common approach of simply replacing diesel engines with batteries and electric motors, Bobcat’s engineers embraced a holistic redesign, using the unique advantages of electrification to … Continue reading “Bobcat’s journey to all-electric innovation: inside the T7X platform (Video)”