Nick Cammisa of Terex demonstrates the battery-powered, HyPower aerial lift at Booth 5157
Terex will distribute and support utility trucks with the Odyne plug-in hybrid electric drivetrain, taking the fuel-efficient vehicles beyond parent Dueco’s 15-state territory.
Odyne’s plug-in hybrids increase fuel efficiency while driving by using an electric motor in parallel with the existing drive train, providing launch assist and regenerative braking. The modular system can be installed “on a wide variety of new and existing vehicles, reducing fuel consumption by up to 50% depending on application.”
Terex is promoting its battery-driven HyPower aerial lift, designed for operators wishing to reduce engine idling at job sites. Although independent of the propulsion driveline, it can save a gallon of fuel per working hour, or from 600 to 1,000 gallons of fuel per year. The design employs lead acid batteries to power a hydraulic system developed in league with Parker Hannifin.
The system charges overnight on standard 110-volt, 20-amp power, or a five-minute engine-on recharge affords about 15 minutes of boom operating time.
The two firms are sharing Booth 5157 in the Calstart Pavilion.
Odyne aims its turnkey hybrid upfits at fleets with start-stop driving cycles and extended periods of jobsite idle time.
Sales orders domestically are up substantially in 2011 and the agreement with Terex “is anticipated to significantly expand opportunities,” Odyne says, pegging the world market at 250,000 units per year for new and retrofit work trucks.
“We believe that the work truck industry will be strongly affected by advancements in vehicle efficiency in the coming years and we are excited to be at the leading edge,” Odyne president and CEO Joe Dalum said in a release. With Terex, “We will have comprehensive coverage of the North American market and global reach,” he said.
“It’s really going to help us in the California market,” adds sales chief Matt Jarmuz. Terex will take on the aftermarket support of Odyne vehicles too, he told F&F, noting the availability of a major maintenance center in Fontana, Calif.
Odyne is beginning the shift from lead acid to initially more expensive, but life-cycle cost-saving lithium ion batteries (details this spring).
Odyne sales and marketing director Matt Jarmuz (photographed at HTUF 2010 in Dearborn. Mich.)
Terex has become the distributor of plug-in drivetrains by Odyne (a unit of Dueco) applicable to a wide range of work trucks
Terex HyPower lifts use grid power to take workers aloft
