Volume 3, Issue 26

Special Edition: Top Off-Highway Sustainable Mobility Stories of 2023


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Bobcat to show all-electric skid-steer and loader concept at CES 2024


CES Brief: Doosan Bobcat claims a “world’s first” for the all-electric S7X skid-steer loader, a CES 2024 Innovation Award Honoree, and the RogueX2 all-electric concept loader was built to evaluate customer perceptions and challenge traditional kinematics and machine functionality.

Komatsu teams with GM on hydrogen fuel-cell mining truck


Mine trucks are the latest application for Komatsu on fuel-cell power, adding to a May announcement on a concept machine for a medium-sized hydraulic excavator as the vehicle maker looks toward achieving its carbon-neutrality goals.

Lithos opens battery manufacturing facility in Silicon Valley


The facility will produce the company’s next-generation 2170 cylindrical-based lithium-ion battery systems at scale as it targets a range of end-market applications that operate in demanding environments like off-highway.

New Holland debuts its first electric mini excavator


At the recent SITEVI trade show in France, the company revealed its E15X Electric Power, the first product to be introduced stemming from its acquisition of Sampierana, whose 21.5-kWh lithium-ion battery can last a full 8-h working day with a 1-h midday fast charge.

WAE Technologies launches next-gen battery intelligence for all EVs


The Elysia vehicle-embedded and cloud-based solutions are engineered for “a quantum leap” in battery knowledge, management, and optimization for up to a 30% increase in life, 50% increase in power output, 10% increase in range, and 50% faster rapid charging in real-world applications.

Partner Content from Inside Autonomous Vehicles

Teleo autonomous materials hauling will debut in December

Apex.AI software to help Combined Powers with production autonomous farming machines

Bigger no longer always better for haul trucks if self-driven

Cyngn demonstrates autonomous forklift progress with BYD

Sabanto brings autonomous operations to existing tractors

Inside Thoro’s next-generation autonomous mobile robot development