Designs on a diverse POWERTRAIN FUTURE

Perkins details range of development efforts to power future off-highway machines, from clean-sheet diesel to hybrid-electric and hydrogen combustion.

Many manufacturers in the construction and mining vehicle sectors have tabbed the Bauma trade show in April as the venue for major product debuts. Perkins is one of those, though it provided select media an overview of its latest powertrain developments and projects at a pre-Bauma briefing in early February.

Hydrogen and hybrids were a large part of the discussion at the London media event, but Perkins began the day expounding on good old diesel-engine development. The company's engineers are still working hard to strengthen - and streamline - its diesel portfolio, all while readying new platforms for other fuels and applications.