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PERMO-DRIVE HYBRID SYSTEM PROMISES MAJOR FUEL ECONOMY GAINS.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-APR-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Permo-Drive Technologies has developed a compact version of its recently introduced hybrid hydraulic drive system that promises to improve the fuel-economy of medium-duty commercial vehicles by 30 percent or more.

The new design is 300 pounds lighter and significantly smaller than the prototype systems first shown by the company last year, according to Paul Chandler, vice president of North American Operations.

Speaking at the third annual Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Conference, Chandler said that the new system is "ideally suited for Class VI-VII trucks and represents an important, evolutionary step in the development of hybrid hydraulic drive technology."

The second-generation system weighs approximately 330...

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