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Published in: MTZ worldwide 10/2018

01-10-2018 | Cover Story

Commercial Vehicle Drives

Pioneering the Transport Transition

Author: Thomas Schneider

Published in: MTZ worldwide | Issue 10/2018

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When it comes to private transport, nothing outweighs personal freedom, but for the commercial vehicle sector, operating costs are key. What matters to fleet managers is the total cost of ownership, which is precisely why the commercial vehicle industry could play a pioneering role in transport and mobility transition as a whole. Environmentally friendly powertrains not only need to function, they must also remain economically viable to achieve a permanent presence. Whether hybridized, battery-electric or fuel cell drives on the one hand, or combustion engines powered by gas and synthetic fuels on the other: If most consumers or transport companies cannot afford such vehicles, or prefer to do without, development and refinement just end up going through the motions. …
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Title
Commercial Vehicle Drives
Pioneering the Transport Transition
Author
Thomas Schneider
Publication date
01-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
MTZ worldwide / Issue 10/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2192-9114
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s38313-018-0096-3

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