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Three fire trucks with Volvo Penta electric drivelines heading to Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin customer testing

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By walking away from conventional commercial vehicle concepts and developing an electric solution for the truck’s driveline, Volvo Penta and its customer Rosenbauer have introduced a completely new vehicle architecture for the fire service industry. As a result, the RT achieves operating times above the specifications of EN 1846.

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BMW shows future drive technoliges; 2 Series PHEV prototype, direct water injection in 3-cyl. engine, and fuel cell eDrive

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The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer plug-in hybrid prototype fuses BMW eDrive with a model-specific form of power transmission based on the front-drive concept of the standard BMW 2 Series Active Tourer. In Comfort mode, the high-voltage battery is automatically recharged by the high-voltage generator to a charge up of around 15%.

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