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Powertrain International weekly newsletter View this email in your browser This week's highlights - 19/03/2024 FPT Industrial: let's go, XC13 The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial's unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT's product marketing manager, told us about dialoguing with Iveco upon conceiving the XC13 for the Model Year 2024. Read the full article in the March issue of Powertrain International... Read more Shipping vs on-road: is LNG the only way? The Green Shipping Challenge at COP28, held in the presence of the CEOs of the five largest shipping companies, ended in a dead heat. The comparison with the four-wheeled world is ruthless. Large commercial marine applications work on almost a continuous cycle, and have a very exorbitant CO2 balance. Read the full article in the March issue of Powertrain International... Read more Comparisons: 5 to 5.2 liters AGCO Power's Core family expands. The 1.25-liter cylinder displacement also applies to 4-cylinder Diesel engine and throws down the gauntlet in this micro-segment. Veterans mtu and Volvo Penta are joined by the Finns, Deutz, Kubota and Isuzu. Read the full article in the March issue of Powertrain International... Read more Cummins and the mining hybrid solution Cummins has commissioned its diesel hybrid solution in partnership with one Chinese NHL mining truck manufacturer... Read more MAN and Scania work with U.S.-based Plus on autonomous truck development MAN has been advancing autonomous driving for many years with various research and development projects and now will start working with Plus. Scania has launched an Autonomous Commercial Pilot Programme. Moreover, the newly-announced partnership with US-based Plus will allow the manufacturer to integrate its Level 4 technology... Read more Westport announces agreement to establish joint venture with Volvo Group Westport Fuel Systems announced the signing of an investment agreement to establish the previously announced joint venture with Volvo Group to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport's HPDI fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications... Read more Volvo Penta at Middle East Energy Volvo Penta will showcase their battery energy storage subsystem, dual-fuel hydrogen engine and fuel cell technology at Middle East Energy (MEE)... Read more Mammoet's electric-powered SPMTs make successful debut at ITER Mammoet's new electric battery-powered Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs) have begun operation at the international nuclear fusion research facility ITER in southern France. The equipment is being used to transport heavy components for the construction of the world's largest tokamak, a device used to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale source of carbon-free energy... Read more ZF Group: major investments in sustainability Sustainability is an integral part of ZF Group's strategy. Its targets include complete climate neutrality by 2040. The extent to which the company invests in sustainability is shown by the transformation of the existing ZF factory in Klášterec, Czech Republic, in a climate-neutral one and the latest plant openings in Gray Court, USA, and Oragadam, India... Read more Scania in 2023: growth in net sales and adjusted operating income, electrification seems to slow down On the ZE vehicle side, Scania managed to delivery less electric vehicles in 2023 compared to 2022: 246 units vs 262. "While electrification is the ultimate answer, and we do our utmost to ramp-up production of battery electric trucks to deliver to our customers, fuel-saving actions and the usage of renewable fuels are decisive to decarbonisation here and now," said CEO Christian Levin... Read more ACT Expo to outline the speaker lineup: over 200 leading professionals involved Tesla will join the panel, with the confirmed participation of Dan Priestley, Senior Manager, Semi, who will be possibly providing updates about the Tesla Semi project... Read more Lhyfe is building a green hydrogen plant in the seaport city of Brake in Lower Saxony Lhyfe is building a hydrogen production plant in Germany, in Brake (Unterweser). The site project is located on land in the harbour area of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts), the largest public seaport operator in Germany. The plant would be the first in the northern German region to make green hydrogen available to the wider market... Read more Hydrogen boost for the UK: Bavarian high-tech producer Proton Motor strengthens British energy transition ambitions  As a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of the listed UK parent company "Proton Motor Power Systems plc" (PMPS), headquartered in London, the German hydrogen fuel cell producer "Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH" is benefiting from the island nation's ambitions to achieve net-zero targets... Read more Have you got questions or need information? Send us an email HERE! Follow Powertrain International on the social media! **The March issue is out** Click the cover to browse the whole magazine! 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