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01-06-2018 | Guest Commentary

Off-highway is going electric

Author: Dr. Frank Hiller

Published in: ATZheavy duty worldwide | Issue 2/2018

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The off-highway sector is still largely unaffected by the shift towards electric power. Almost all construction and agricultural machines are powered by diesel engines. The compelling arguments for diesel engines are that they offer a high amount of power and torque while also being fuel efficient. Because of the high-power density of diesel fuel, the machines are self-sufficient and can be used far away from any kind of infrastructure — as yet, modern battery storage systems lack sufficient capacity for this. So, do electric vehicles make sense for the off-highway sector? …

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Metadata
Title
Off-highway is going electric
Author
Dr. Frank Hiller
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
ATZheavy duty worldwide / Issue 2/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2524-8774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41321-018-0015-1

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