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Permo-Drive Technologies and Dana Corporation recently signed an agreement to commercialise the Permo-Drive hybrid hydraulic Regenerative Drive System for garbage trucks on a global scale.

Australia’s

and US-based automotive supplier

recently signed an agreement to commercialise the Permo-Drive hybrid hydraulic Regenerative Drive System (RDS) for garbage trucks on a global scale.

The garbage truck licence follows Permo-Drive and Dana’s agreement in 2003 to collaborate in the customisation of the RDS system for the US Army’s FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles) fleet. Tests are underway at the US Army’s test track at Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland.

Permo-Drive’s RDS is a patented hybrid hydraulic regenerative energy and braking system that harnesses and stores normally wasted braking energy and re-uses it as a secondary source of power. The system is said to reduce the CO2 emissions from the energy that it replaces and produces savings in fuel consumption and brake wear maintenance to fleet owners.

It is designed specifically for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles operating with stop-start drive cycles, such as vehicles used in refuse collection, commercial delivery, mining, construction and other specialty applications.

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