Electrification looms large on the horizon as an inevitability for medium range commercial vehicles especially in urban delivery applications, yet, the safe adaptation of it in long haul road transport is still, according to some leading engineers, Peter Hart among them, more than 30 years away. While advancements in battery technology have come a long way in lithium-ion in recent years there remains a gap in the development of a 48-volt hybrid system for the biggest trucks on the road. Heavy vehicles maintain demanding duty cycles and current battery chemistry is not yet sufficient to handle it, meaning, at least in the interim, that an overhaul is necessary of our knowledge and understanding of the complex electrical designs at work on these vehicles before the next leap forward can safely occur. New advances in emission reducing technology, in concert with governments of developed nations that are actively mandating to […]