Hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers; natural gas genset

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinJun 6, 2015, 7:29 am468 ptsHot
Empa, ETH Zürich and the road sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal have jointly developed a pioneering hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers in a CTI (Switzerland’s Commission for Technology and Innovation) project. The concept is based on a natural gas-driven engine, which provides power to the…

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