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Electrification Will Continue to Advance the Off-Highway Industry
responses submitted by Michael Terzo, CEO, Terzo Power Systems, LLC
Electrification is permeating every aspect of the industry, and will an be an integral part of the continued advancement of IoT, connectivity and automation. Global Markets, Government & Trade What are the key global markets your company sees as growth opportunities and why? Medium- and Heavy-duty trucking: Electrification is taking hold of all aspects of transportation. While it might seem to be coming out of nowhere, all the recent activity in the MD/HD space has been going on behind the scenes for quite a few years; we are just seeing the acceleration as OEMs get closer to their start of production dates over the next 2-5 years. Of course, the recent announcement by California of their Advanced Clean Truck rule has brought
this activity into the spotlight. This rule by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) requires OEMs to increase their ZEV (zero-emission vehicle) truck sales beginning in 2024 to 40-70% by 2035. The impact of this rule will have long-lasting impacts on the trucking industry.
Diesel, Electric & Other Power Alternatives What opportunities for technology and efficiency advancements still exist with diesel engines? The major opportunities we see for diesel engines is in hybrid systems where the duty cycle of the appli-
cation still is a difficult proposition for pure electric. Hybrid systems for off-highway equipment provides some incredible advantages for OEMs in terms of performance, fuel efficiency, controllability, and flexibility. What this means to the engine manufacturers is a growth in smaller engine platforms, specifically those engine platforms that work well with a hybrid architecture. A fully decoupled hybrid system utilizes constant speed engines with the best efficiency band while still providing flexibility in integration. We have already seen about a 50% engine size reduction across the board in every hybrid design we have done.
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Global leader of innovative power As a producer of on-road commercial vehicles, off-road Diesel and Alternative Fuel Engines and Power Units for the needs of their customers. They have been building and maintaining a world class organization to provide power solutions that work in every environment. Isuzu manufacturing operations and expanded products are in over 100 countries and they now have over 28,000,000 engines produced globally. Isuzu ensures the most advanced performance and services, with a goal to become one of the new international standards of excellence in product development, quality, manufacturing and customer support. 32
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