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In a move that mirrors an Anglo American and Williams Advanced Engineering project from 2020, General Motors has partnered with Japan's Komatsu to develop a fuel-cell power module for the latter's 930E electric-drive mining truck.Komatsu currently has two 930E mining trucks in its fleet, each with a diesel engine running an electric drivetrain for up to 2,611 kW (3,500 hp) at 1,800 rpm and a 290-metric-ton (320 US ton) capacity or 2,013 kW (2700 hp) and 290 metric tons (320 US tons).Though manufacturers like Caterpillar…

Bike chains are messy and noisy, and can fail when pushed to their limits on powerful ebikes. Where some manufacturers replace them with belts, French e-drive innovator Cixi ditches both in favor of an electronic crankset system, and has partnered with Look Cycle to showcase the technology in the Rover 45 concept speed pedelec.Cixi has dubbed its e-crankset the Pedaling Energy Recovery System, or PERS. Essentially, onboard electronics controlled by custom algorithms set the resistance at the pedal, and the energy is…

Overall system comprising e-motor, power electronics, transmission and software Tier 1 supplier ZF has announced a new generation of electric drives based on a modular overall concept with electric motor, inverter, transmission, and software. “We are focusing on three basic systems that meet our customers’ main requirements, namely efficiency, performance and cost, even in the standard version,” said Markus…