Capital Equipment News August 2018

“Efficient electrical actuators will allow us to downsize the engine, as we will no longer have power losses in the driveline, or the diesel engine will be completely replaced by batteries.”

Volvo CE believes in future we will see more and more driveline components being replaced by electrical actuators.

will no longer have power losses in the driveline, or the diesel engine will be completely replaced by batteries. But we are not there yet and it will take a few more years before we have sufficient, long lasting batteries and reliable off-road components,” concludes Schmitt. b

Schmitt says today electro-mobility is in everybody’s mind. He is of the view that in the future we will see more and more driveline components being replaced by electrical actuators – for example,

transmission and propeller shafts will be replaced by electro motors at the axle hubs. “Efficient electrical actuators will allow us to downsize the engine, as we

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