An Italian company has developed a specific hybrid technology, applicable in both series and parallel configuration, oriented to diesel-electric hybrid propulsion systems for off-road applications is looking for technical and research cooperation agreemen

This company was established in 2014 in northern Italy with expertise related to diesel engine design and development. Decades- long extensive experience of key managers on development and manufacturing of diesel engines have set up the basis of a robust know-how. Starting from this strong basis, an innovative technology has been developed to design, calculate, simulate, develop, build and test diesel-electric hybrid powertrain as well as fully electric powertrain and battery packs. It may be in the form of a parallel-hybrid system where the two power sources share the output shaft, or series hybrid (“range extender”) where the on-board diesel engine only purpose is to charge the battery pack. It may also be a fully electric plug- in system. These architectures address several issues that diesel powered equipment manufacturers are facing, like fuel cost, emission regulations, new functional requirement from the market: • it improves the fuel economy, by 10 to 30% compared to the traditional equivalent machine, depending on duty cycle, equipment requirement etc. • it extends the use of equipment traditionally utilized outdoor to indoor activities • it provides a moving electric power source • it reduces the needs of costly exhaust aftertreatment systems The sectors of application are many: potentially all those currently covered by diesel-engine-powered machines and electric-motor-powered machines, e.g. - construction (Excavators, loaders, scrapers etc.); - mining industry; - forestry; - agriculture (tractors, or any other self-moving agriculture machines); - cranes and lifting; - industry (forklifts, container handling, AGV….); - Municipality vehicles (road sweepers, garbage removal….); - airport ground support equipment. A tailor made or standard battery pack can also be manufactured and offered to fit specific machinery requirement: voltage, capacity and power discharge can be adapted to the case. The existing technology of the company can be complemented and optimized by cooperating with engineering/manufacturing companies with competence in power electronics, inverters, battery management systems, control units. The company is interested in technical and research cooperation agreements by providing its expertise and/or their systems with European manufacturers of machinery. They can also collaborate in the fields of strategy development, proposal preparation, implementation, and exploitation.