Volvo Penta showcased its battery energy storage subsystem (BESS) in Munich at ees Europe 2025. The Volvo Penta BESS subsystem is a modular, scalable and robust platform built on Volvo Group battery technology, already in use in trucks and construction equipment. The system is designed for OEM integration and rapid deployment in high energy-consumption applications.
The subsystem includes energy dense battery packs, battery management system, DC/DC unit, monitoring system, and thermal management system with radiators. It also features integrated electrical safety, DC and CAN interfaces, all designed for integration. With the full support from Volvo Penta’s global service network, it provides a reliable foundation for electrification, the company says.
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Michael Roth
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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.