AKG of America’s research and development center at its Mebane, North Carolina, facility hosted a grand opening in February that features a new water/glycol thermal shock test stand for product validation.
The power management company intensifies its focus on a global vehicle electrification market projected to grow to 15 million battery-electric and 30 million hybrid-electric vehicles by 2030.
The mega-supplier's VP of Commercial Vehicle and Off-Road believes the business cases for electrification and automation, especially in trucking, are extremely promising.
Artificial intelligence technologies can increase the efficiency, safety, and quality of machines on worksites and ultimately help combat the operator shortage, says machine intelligence expert Dr. Fares Beainy.
As Vice President of Product Platforms for Volvo Construction Equipment, Alan Berger (SAE member, 2013) is responsible for the life-cycle management of the product line, its profitability, commercial performance, evolution, and strategy.
The French manufacturer replaces the diesel engine with 1.5 cubic meters of batteries and two electric motors in the e12 compact wheeled excavator, which it promises to produce next year and bring to the U.S. market.