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Kenworth, Peterbilt working with Dana on electric truck powertrain development

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PACCAR companies Kenworth and Peterbilt are collaborating on electric powertrain development for trucks. At CES 2020, Kenworth displayed a Kenworth K270E battery-electric vehicle—the initial result of the collaboration. Kenworth K270E. The truck will also be equipped with two battery packs and an on-board charger.

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Kenworth T680 fuel cell tractor on display at CES

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A zero-emission Kenworth Class 8 T680 day cab tractor equipped with a Ballard hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) is on display at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The truck is part of the PACCAR Innovations booth exhibit—the first time PACCAR and Kenworth have exhibited at the show, which draws close to 200,000 visitors.

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Toyota, Kenworth, POLA and CARB unveil next-gen heavy-duty fuel-cell truck; ZANZEFF

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Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles. The performance of the 10 Kenworth Class 8 trucks being developed under this program?

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Toyota to offer gasoline cellular powertrains to Kenworth

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Toyota Motor North The us introduced an guarantee to position its gasoline cellular powertrain into Kenworth and Peterbilt fat rigs. A lot of the paintings worn Kenworth Magnificence 8 truck cabs and chassis, together with an indication challenge at Los Angeles and Lengthy Seashore, Calif., ANAHEIM, Calif.

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Capstone completes track testing of Kenworth microturbine-powered hybrid electric Class 7 truck

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Capstone Turbine Corporation successfully completed track testing of a Kenworth Class 7 hybrid electric work truck using its 65kW microturbine as an on-board range extender. The Kenworth Class 7 work truck features a Capstone C65 microturbine that is installed onboard and operates on compressed natural gas. Earlier post.)

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Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

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Designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a wide variety of OEM truck makers, the new fuel cell electric system in the latest prototypes has been adapted to a Kenworth T680 chassis. Converting the drayage trucks that currently serve these ports to electric drivetrains would move us closer to that goal. Port fleet rollout.

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Schneider Electric partners with PACCAR on SuperTruck 3 project

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Schneider Electric reinforced its partnership with PACCAR, which is receiving a $33-million matching grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to continue the development of its Class 8 Kenworth and Peterbilt battery electric and fuel cell vehicles, along with its vehicle charging stations, for the SuperTruck 3 project. Earlier post.)

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