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THE Severn Valley Railway’s upcoming Spring Diesel Festival will now feature two Class 70 freight locomotives appearing in markedly different…

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University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that, by themselves, lane-departure warning reduces crashes by 14%; electronic stability control by 19%; forward collision warning by 14%, and blind spot warning by 5%.

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that, by themselves, lane-departure warning reduces crashes by 14%; electronic stability control by 19%; forward collision warning by 14%, and blind spot warning by 5%.

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UK-based Clean Air Power has demonstrated a Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on hydrogen to reduce its carbon emission output. Clean Air Power achieved this by fitting the Class 66 with its precision injection technology, allowing the two-stroke diesel locomotive to run on a combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen....

Cummins and Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America, are collaborating to upfit and validate Freightliner Class 8 Cascadia trucks with a Cummins hydrogen fuel cell powertrain for use in North America. Freightliner will leverage Cummins’ fourth-generation fuel cell powertrain, which provides improved power...

Embark Trucks’ connection with Knight-Swift will lead to the installation of high-autonomy software by the end of 2022.

UK consortium developing biogas and hydrogen dual-fuel Class 66 locomotive A consortium of Clean Air Power and Freightliner has secured almost £0.4 million (US$0.55 million) of government funding to develop a biogas and hydrogen dual-fuel solution for the Class 66 locomotive. The technology is one of the 30 winners of the latest round of the First of a Kind (FOAK) competition announced by the Transport Secretary. The Freightliner Class 66 locomotives are 3300hp diesel electric mainline units i...

High-priced technology pushes trucking rivals into unusual alliances Japanese truck makers latest to combine powertrain and autonomous efforts 0 398 5 minutes read Truck makers are forming alliances to share the cost burden of advanced technologies. (Photo: Toyota) Battery-electric trucks. Hydrogen-powered fuel cells. Hybrid technologies. Diesel-powered semis. Self-driving trucks. All share a common theme: They are too expensive to develop alone. Rival truck manufacturers will scrap f...