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The technology Pulse.

Publication: OEM Off-Highway
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: The technology Pulse.(Feature)

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The technology Pulse

by Michelle EauClaire

Oshkosh Corp.'s ProPulse hybrid electric drive makes for safer and more efficient vehicles in military and refuse applications.

The ProPulse technology from Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, WI, started off as a direct request from a military general for a safer, more efficient piece of equipment. Don Verhoff, executive vice president - technology, Oshkosh Corp., received the query back in 1999 to develop a hybrid electric drive system for the larger military vehicles.

When Verhoff asked the general to elaborate, he answered with three very specific criteria. The general wanted a vehicle that contained absolutely no batteries. The military had been experiencing extensive problems with the batteries on the vehicles and wanted to avoid the component, period....

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