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Highlights from the Future Propulsion Conference 2022

IDTechEx attended the Future Propulsion Conference in Birmingham, UK, a two day conference held on the 2nd and 3rd March 2022. The event was co-hosted by AVL Powertrain UK and Imperial College London, bringing together industry and academic experts within the powertrain development field. This article presents highlights from the conference presentations. Conference speakers included Ballard Motive Systems, Changan UK, CNH Industrial, Leyland Trucks, JCB, FEV, Cummins, and Ricardo.

Electric Construction Machines Vital for Greener Construction

Construction machines are estimated to generate around 400 Mt of CO2 emission per year, which is around 1.1% of global CO2 emission. Decarbonization of non-road mobile machines will therefore be an important factor in efforts to limit global climate change. With an increasing number of countries around the world committing to a net-zero carbon future, the construction industry is facing growing scrutiny of its' greenhouse gas emissions.

United Kingdom's Largest Supplier of Green, Renewable Hydrogen

Fortescue Future Industries signs agreement with JCB and Ryze Hydrogen to become United Kingdom's largest supplier of green, renewable hydrogen.

UK Hydrogen Roadshow Shows Low Carbon Hydrogen Innovation

The first-ever double decker hydrogen bus tour of the UK set off from London to shine a spotlight on the part hydrogen has to play in the country's race to net zero.

JCB Unveils World's First Hydrogen Digger

JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his son Jo, who runs Ryse Hydrogen and Wrightbus, have spent two years working on the construction industry's first ever hydrogen-powered excavator and a further year testing the prototype.

Material Handling EVs Update June 2019

Some call it intralogistics. Either way, this is the industry providing logistics in a confined area such as a factory, warehouse or dock. The vehicle part of the industry involves drayage trucks the size of on-road trucks and robotic automatic guided vehicles AGV but primarily it is about forklifts.

Learnings from Battery and Energy Warwick University 4-5 Dec 2018

At "Battery and Energy" Warwick University UK Day One with about 100 delegates and 10 table top exhibitors.

Electric excavator - quiet, zero emission

JCB has unveiled its first ever electric excavator - the quietest digger in its range and one delivering zero emissions.

Dynamics

Dynamics is a company working on powered smart card. At CES 2018, Dynamics showed their Wallet Card with the latest high-techs integrated.

Industrial electric vehicles: Rapid change, $350 billion market

IDTechEx finds that the construction, agriculture and mining part alone will be an $81 billion market in 2027 with considerable opportunities for consolidation of players and technological breakthroughs with major market disruption and creation.