Schweinfurt (Germany). Since volume production started in 2005, four million units have rolled off the line, turning ZF's ConAct pneumatic release cylinder into a globally successful product for commercial vehicles. ConAct enables the clutches in automated commercial vehicle transmissions to be controlled more precisely, adding to more economical vehicle operation. The product also reduces the system weight.
Volta Trucks expands its UK-based engineering capabilities to support the development of forthcoming vehicle programs. Company launches an ambitious recruitment drive, scaling to over 280 employees by year-end.
Faultless rear lighting is not only important so that you can be seen by other people in good time. It also simultaneously highlights the design of the vehicle and makes it unmistakable on the road. When it comes to the realisation of rear lamps, LED technology is of particular importance. After all, LEDs are robust, durable, energy-efficient and they also open up a wide range of design options.
Leoni consequently follows its strategic objectives and sells the Business Group Industrial Solutions, which belongs to the WCS division (Wire & Cable Solutions) and represents significant parts of its industrial business, to BizLink. This marks another important milestone on Leoni’s path towards the long-term stabilisation of the company.
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) introduces the automotive qualified EasyPACK 2B EDT2, a flexible and scalable half-bridge power module. Depending on inverter conditions, this 750 V device can reach a maximum power of up to 50 kW and 230 A rms. With its featured specs, the module is optimized for inverter applications in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Ultra-compact, high-performance Edge intelligence systems. Impulse Embedded, a leading provider of industrial computing systems and solutions can now supply the EAC-2000 series from Vecow. These ultra-compact, high-performance Edge intelligence systems leverage the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX SOM chip.
Test and measurement expert HBK has launched a new LDS shaker system that provides efficiency far beyond just saving time - the LDS V8750 shaker + XPAK shaker system.
The cooperation between the e-mobility specialists of Rutronik‘s Automotive Business Unit (ABU) and Vishay‘s Automotive Division realized a new reference design for a high-voltage (HV) circuit breaker with a maximum breaking capacity of 40 kW.
On 24 August 2021, Keolis Downer – Keolis' subsidiary in Australia – secured an agreement with Transport and Main Roads (TMR) – through TransLink, the division of TMR with statewide responsibility for public transport in Queensland – to operate electric buses in its current contract based in northern Brisbane.