SIX Volvo engineers who developed the L220F Hybrid wheel loader have received the Volvo 2009 Technology Award.
The prize was presented for the team’s development of the world’s first commercially viable hybrid solution for heavy vehicles.
The team created I-SAM — the Integrated Starter Alternator Motor, a combined starter, generator and drive motor. When used as part of a parallel diesel-electric hybrid system it has the potential to reduce fuel consumption in wheel loaders by up to 50% — and up to 20% in trucks.
I-SAM not only reduces fuel costs but also provides significant environmental benefits through lower emissions of carbon dioxide. The quiet and emission-free electric drive also improves environment conditions in the vehicle’s surroundings.
Volvo says I-SAM was developed by engineers from different parts of the company. Six were represented at the prize ceremony at the Volvo Group’s annual general meeting in Sweden on April 1st: Anders Kroon, Jerker Lennevi, Joakim Lindström, Lars Carlhammar, Peter Jönsson and Christer Ehn.
Volvo says it looks forward to a future where the hybrid will nor be considered an unusual solution. The technology will be used in a wide range of construction equipment, city buses and delivery trucks.
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