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  • PowerTALK™, March 2023

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    CONEXPO 2023 held this month in Las Vegas is the largest construction equipment show in the world. It covered more than 3 million square feet and more than 2,400 exhibitors demonstrated new products from nearly 140,000 attendees from around the world. Power Systems Research analysts walked the five-day show talking with exhibitors and attendees and reviewing new products. Read our report in this issue of PowerTALK.

    • Alternative Power
      • Subway To Add EV Charging Stations
      • Lithium-Air Battery Could Offer Longer Range
      • Has Battery Recycling Arrived Too Soon?
      • Nikola Plans Hydrogen Fuel Network
    • Global:
      • CONEXPO Shows Hydrogen, Electric Prototypes
      • EV Boat Market To Grow by 12%
    • NA: Cummins Hydrogen Engine Update
    • DataPoint: NA Harvesters
    • Brazil/South America:
      • WEG Building Plant for EV Batteries in Brazil
      • Fras-le Acquires Juratek in UK
    • Europe: RR Power Systems Posts Record Year
    • Japan: Hitachi Construction Raises Prices
    • China: Komatsu To Cut China Production by 40%
    • India: Hyundai To Purchase GM Plant
  • CONEXPO 2023

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    More than 2,000 exhibitors displayed new products to nearly 140,000 attendees at the CONEXPO 2023 event in Las Vegas March 14-18. Analysts from Power Systems Research walked the grounds looking at new equipment and talking with exhibitors and attendees. PSR

  • DATAPOINT: NA Harvesters, 2023 Production

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    470 units is the estimate by Power Systems Research of the number of harvesters to be produced in North America in 2023.

    The combine harvester, often simply called a combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from its combining three separate operations comprising harvesting—reaping, threshing, and winnowing—into a single process.

    This information comes from industry interviews and from two proprietary databases maintained by Power Systems Research: EnginLink™ , which provides information on engines, and OE Link™, a database of equipment manufacturers.

    Market Share: With 52% of total units produced, Deere leads in production of harvesters in North America.  In second position, with combined plant total, is Oxbo International with 25%; third, Flory with 10%.     PSR

    Carol Turner is Senior Analyst, Global Operations, for Power Systems Research

  • Alternative Power Report, March 2023

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    Hydrogen power continues to be a hot topic as an alternative power source, as you’ll see when you read the March 2023 issue of the Alternative Power Report from Power Systems Research. Development of the charging infrastructure is a hot topic, too, as we see with the article on Subway tying its sandwich shops in with charging stations. PSR

  • Alternative Power Report, February 2023

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    Read about the 240 ton electric mining truck that can charge in 30 minutes in the February 2023 issue of Alternative Power Report produced by PSR’s Guy Youngs. The same issue contains articles about Volvo’s electric concrete mixer truck and its wheel loader. Europe’s charging corridor will make driving easier for MHVs. PSR

  • PowerTALK™, February 2023

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    Read in the February 2023 issue of PowerTALK News about the 240 ton EV mining truck than can charge in 30 minutes. At the same time, Volvo unveils an electric mixer truck and Japanese OEMs push to develop battery production in North America.

    • Alternative Power
      • • 240 Ton Electric Mining Truck Charges in 30 Minutes
      • • Study Shows Plug-in Hybrids Dirtier Than We Thought
      • • From Diesel to DC
      • • Volvo Unveils Electric Concrete Mixer Truck
    • Global: MC Market Grows 5.48%
    • N. America: Charging Infrastructure Blocks Adoption for BEV’s
    • DataPoint: Dumpers/Tenders
    • Brazil/S. America:
      • • Hitech Electric To Produce 100% EV LCVs
      • • Hyundai Keeps Gamma Engine in Units for Colombia
      • • Legislation for AG Tractors Cabin in Brazil Has Changes
      • • January Truck Production in Brazil drops 72%
    • Europe: Deutz, Daimler Align
    • China: Adoption of New Energy Commercial Vehicles Pushed
    • Japan: OEMs Seek Battery Production Channel in NA
    • South Korea: Hyundai To Start Operations at Plant in Vietnam
    • SE Asia: Kubota Seeks Manpower
    • India: Budget Focuses on Capex
  • Volvo Unveils Electric Concrete Mixer Truck

    Guy Youngs
    Guy Youngs

    Best known for its world-class transport solutions, Volvo unveiled its first commercial electric truck –the Volvo FL Electric – in 2019, this was followed by the Volvo VNR Electric in 2020. Volvo introduced three 44-ton electric trucks this past September, some of the heaviest in its line up, bringing its portfolio to six commercial EV trucks, designed to cover everything from city distribution and handling to construction transport and regional hauling.

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  • From Diesel to DC

    For a long while, it looked as if hydrogen fuel cells would be the technology of choice for emissions-free road transport. However, truck manufacturers and freight forwarders recently turned their attention to battery-electric vehicles.

    For logistics companies, the shift to zero emissions will be difficult. While it only takes a few minutes to top up the tank of a truck with diesel, it takes hours to fully charge the battery of an EV, which presents a real challenge for logistics businesses with zero-emission aspirations.

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  • Study Shows Plug-in Hybrids Dirtier than Believed

    Plug-in hybrids pollute up to three times more than advertised, even when fully charged, and emit five to seven times as much CO2 when the engine is running, according to a new study commissioned by Belgian NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) and conducted by the University of Technology in Graz, Austria

    The study measured emissions from three popular models: the BMW 3 series, Peugeot 308, and Renault Megane. Like many plug-in hybrids, these cars started as gas/diesel-powered models and then a battery was added on to improve emissions testing performance and mileage

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  • 240 Ton EV Mining Truck Can Charge in 30 Minutes

    Guy Youngs
    Guy Youngs

    A 240-ton mining haul truck is being fitted with a 1.4 megawatt-hour (MWh) prototype battery system that global green energy company Fortescue has developed with equipment maker Liebherr.

    UK-based engineering company WAE Technologies, (acquired by Fortescue in March 2022), completed and delivered the battery system to Fortescue’s workshop in Perth, Australia. The battery will be assembled and installed in the mining haul truck before it's transported to the Pilbara in Western Australia for…

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