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Jun 19, 2017

ELECTRIC POWER TRAIN BY CUMMINS * USA

* Indiana - Cummins: Not so fast Tesla!


--- Tesla says it will unveil an electric truck in September. But Cummins isn't about to let Elon Musk simply walk away with the market. The truck engine maker announced last night that it plans to produce electric power trains for transit buses starting in 2019... How far along is Cummins in developing an electric power train?... It's a big question for investors, given that electric car maker Tesla wants to sell trucks too, and Elon Musk recently teased that it plans to unveil an electric semi truck in September. Should Tesla manage to "pull that off"," then the electric car make would have the electric vehicle market all to themselves... But late Wednesday, executives at Cummins, which makes diesel and natural gas truck engines, announced on a conference call that the company plans to start production of electric power trains for transit buses in cities around the world in 2019, and expand into other industrial and commercial uses down the road as the battery range for electric vehicles increases... 
 (Image from Cummins: TM4 INC. and CUMMINS INC. announce a joint effort to develop the TM4's LSG130 electric generator)   --   Columbus, IN, USA - Barrons, by Johanna Bennett - June 15, 2017

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Oct 10, 2011

Electric motors * USA - Sector needs shake-up - report

Cambridge,MA,USA -Automotive World (UK) -October 07, 2011: -- A new IDTechEx report, Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2012-2022, notes that while 92% of electric traction motors are small units for small vehicles including electric bicycles sold primarily on price, asynchronous motors are gaining ground at the heavy end of the market, now that the cost of control electronics has been brought under control...  For example, in equipment such as forklifts and mobile cranes IDTechEx finds that 89% of manufacturers fit asynchronous motors, otherwise known as AC induction, brushless traction motors with no permanent magnets. Around 63% of military vehicles and 52% of large buses fit asynchronous motors on IDTechEx’s analysis of 212 electric vehicles, past, present and planned...


* Michigan - Eaton reaches hybrid milestone, adds new options

Kalamazoo,MICH,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Oct 12, 2011:  --   Eaton Corp. says that trucks with its hybrid-electric systems have now accumulated more than 200 million miles of service, eliminating the consumption of about eight million gallons of fuel and reducing emissions by 80,000 tonnes...  More than 5,500 vehicles with Eaton's hybrid system are in use today, the company announced...  Eaton also announced a new program that lowers the service replacement costs for its hybrid power systems electronic carriers (PECs). Customers can now slash their PEC replacement costs in half, thanks to the new program, Eaton claims...

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