OEM Industry Update

On this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Eric Raby, President & GM – Sales at CLAAS, about the current state of the North American agricultural equipment market. Raby says the industry is doing well at the moment due to an easy harvest in 2020 and favorable commodity prices. While there are some headwinds, such as supply issues which could impact the industry, overall he says the market will be more positive in 2021 than the previous year.  

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Brett Pope, Director of Electric Vehicles at Volvo Trucks North America, to get an update on the Volvo LIGHTS project. The multi-industry project looks to demonstrate the viability of all-electric freight hauling. Pope says the project is progressing well so far and has already provided many insights for Volvo Trucks’ electrification efforts. 

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In this episode of OEM Industry update we speak with Daniel Klein, Senior Engineer in Powertrain Innovation and Gilles Hardy, Senior Thermodynamic Engineer at FPT Industrial, about the company’s current testing of DME (dimethyl ether) as a fuel option in heavy-duty engines. The thermophysical properties of DME are similar to those of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) which Klein says helps make it suitable as a replacement for diesel fuel. 

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This week on OEM Industry Update we speak with Jeremy Frenznick, Senior Director, CV Engineering at Dana Inc., about current electrification trends for drivetrains and commercial vehicles. He says a different design approach is needed for the new, more complex systems used by electric vehicles. Full-vehicle and architecture requirements now need to be taken into consideration, creating the need for drivetrain and commercial vehicle manufacturers to shift their way of thinking when designing electric vehicles. 

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This week on OEM Industry Update we speak with Ryan Zic, Vice President of Sales, ROUSH CleanTech, and Albert Burleigh, Regional Executive Director, Blue Bird, about a fuel system which was purpose built for Blue Bird’s propane powered school buses. Zic says the companies worked hard to make an alternative fuel offering that is easy for customers to work with and for Blue Bird to integrate into its buses on the production line. Ease of service and maximum longevity of the system were key aspects on which the companies focused their design efforts to help make the transition to an alternative fuel easier for customers.  

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This week on OEM Industry Update we speak with Chris Fischer, Senior Commercial Vehicle Analyst, Power Systems Research, about the current state of the North American commercial vehicle market. He says truck demand continues to be strong and is expected to remain so through 2022 and possibly even into 2023. Inventory stocking and solid growth in single family housing are among the factors positively impacting the market. 

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with the team from RISE Robotics -  Arron Acosta, CEO; Kyle Dell’Aquila, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development; and Ken Gray, Vice President of Business Development. RISE Robotics purpose built an electric actuator, called the RISE Cylinder, to overcome the many challenges associated with hydraulic systems. The RISE technology reduces power drain on the batteries, which can lead to use of a smaller battery as well as other machine design enhancements. 

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This week on OEM Industry Update we speak with Stephen Whaley, Director Autogas Business Development at the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) about a new study which compares the carbon intensity of propane and electric powered vehicles. The study found propane fueled vehicles have a lower overall carbon footprint compared to electric vehicles when evaluating how the two are produced as well as how they are used in medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

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In this episode of OEM Industry Update, Samuel Reeves, CEO/Founder, FORT Robotics, says the world has hit a perfect storm of factors in which automation has gone from a science experiment to a necessity for the future of the world. This is being driven by labor shortages in applications such as construction and agriculture, and the need to improve safety in these applications.

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On this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Patrick Collignon, the founder and CEO of Trova Commercial Vehicles (TrovaCV), about how the company is helping integrate electric drivelines into commercial vehicles. Increasing electrification will impact how vehicles are designed and manufactured, leading to a paradigm shift in the heavy vehicle industry. As such, TrovaCV is looking to aid with this shift by creating a custom electric chassis that can be easily integrated into existing diesel architectures to help accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles.

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