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Eaton to supply hybrid truck powertrain systems from next year
20th August 2007
Eaton Corporation expects to start deliveries of its medium-duty hybrid power systems in 2008 to International Truck and Engine Corporation, Kenworth Truck Co., Peterbilt Motors and Freightliner Corporation, after more than four years of development and two million miles of evaluation and field-testing in North America, Europe and Asia, involving over 220 trucks.
Kevin Beaty, manager of Eaton's Hybrid Power Systems business unit, says the firm plans to make several hundred systems in 2007 and increase production capacity over the next three years. Fleet customers for Eaton hybrid power have so far included FedEx Express, UPS, Coca-Cola Enterprises, the Pepsi Bottling Group, and 14 public utility fleets. Daf Trucks is involved in the European programme.
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