Perkins Shows Hybrid Engines for First Time in U.S. at Conexpo
Perkins’ interactive booth at Conexpo featured five hands-on engine displays that highlighted the expansive 0.5 to 18-litre engine range currently offered, in addition to the North American debut of Perkins future hybrid concepts.
Perkins has more than 85 years of engine expertise, remaining adaptive in an ever-changing world. The same is true today as it significantly invests in the possibilities and advantages of hybrid engine technologies.
At Conexpo/Con-Agg 2020, Perkins displayed three hybrid technology concepts as part of its continued focus on power system innovation for OEMs. Utilizing the Perkins Syncro 2.8 litre engine, each of the four hybrid technologies offers a unique set of benefits at 75 kW / 100 hp—all of which allow the deletion of the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system. As part of the display, Perkins debuted its brand-new second-generation hybrid-electric concept, which offers OEMs a zero-emissions, zero-noise, electric-only mode.
“Perkins is focused on delivering more choice and increasing value to our customers,” said Tom Nankervis, electrification marketing manager. “The four hybrid concepts we’re showcasing are examples of future technologies that will take machine efficiency to the next level. With our range of hybrid engines, customers can choose to downsize their engine and use the hybrid power for peak-load, or they can reduce output from the diesel engine, choosing to lower fuel consumption up to 20 percent.”
With more than10 years’ experience of developing electric-hybrid engine systems, Perkins continues innovating engine technologies, developing an affordable and economically sustainable life-cycle solution that minimizes the perceived risks of transitioning to an electric machine.
For the latest information on Perkins technology offering visit www.perkins.com/hybrids
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.