Truck & Off-Highway Engineering – June 2019

2 June 2019 TRUCK & OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

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4 Editorial

Diesel’s doing just fine, thank you

6 Technical Innovations

6 Achieving better power management by

optimizing thermal management |

THERMAL MANAGEMENT

10 Security, bandwidth drive over-the-air

development | TELEMATICS

12 SAE launches Office of Automation |

AUTOMATED VEHICLES

14 Cleaner Trucks Initiative starts NOx-reduction

journey | EMISSIONS CONTROL

31 Original Equipment

31 JCB adds three new X Series crawler excavators

33 Toyota’s proven fuel-cell stack reduces cost,

complexity in H 2 semi-truck

48 Annual Product Guide

48 Powertrain

50 Electronics

51 Hydraulics

52 Testing & Simulation

53 Body & Chassis

54 Materials & Manufacturing

71 Companies Mentioned, Upcoming,

Ad Index

72 Q&A

Volvo CE’s Calle Skillsäter talks about trialing 5G

connectivity in construction

FEATURES

16 Bullish on biomethane

The CEO of CNH Industrial says biomethane is cleaner path than

electric, as Case demos the alt fuel in cool wheel-loader concept.

18 Unique hybrids required

Power systems expert at Perkins stresses that on-highway

electric solutions cannot be directly applied to the more-rugged

and varied applications in off-highway.

20 Getting driverless trucks onto

roadways

Autonomous developers at TuSimple address many technical issues,

but they also must consider regulations and operating modes.

22 Stronger, quieter cabs

Worthington expert sees AHSS and active noise cancellation

making off-highway cabs safer and less-stressful places to work.

24 Hydrogen boom! VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT

Nikola reveals Two and Tre fuel-cell trucks and its H 2 fueling roadmap,
as well as battery-electric military and powersports vehicles.

28 Rearview cameras come into sight

DRIVER VISION

Momentum is building behind replacing mirrors with camera monitor
systems as the technology edges closer to regulatory approval.

38 Supplier Directory

Complete listing of industry suppliers categorized by technology area.

EXECUTIVE VIEWPOINTS

ON THE COVER

The aerodynamic design of the hydrogen fuel-cell electric Nikola
Two is aided by the camera monitor system that replaces traditional
exterior mirrors, (see pgs. 24 and 28). (image: Ryan Gehm)

CORRECTION:

There was incorrect data on the original Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

wall chart that appeared in the April issue. An updated version is

available online at http://assets.techbriefs.com/TOHE/chart/.

CONTENTS

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