Odyne Corporation (ODYC.OB) Shifts Focus to Reducing Idling Time with its Plug-In Design for Aerial Truck Application
Odyne Corporation (ODYC.OB) shifts Plug-In design for its Aerial Truck Application to focus on reducing idling time. ODYC is working with Dueco, Inc. to develop a proprietary plug-in hybrid electric vehicle propulsion system optimized for aerial lift truck applications. Instead of applying the serial-hybrid architecture used in its other platforms, however, Odyne is shifting focus for the aerial truck application, and concentrating instead on reducing truck idling time rather than delivering electric driving range. As a result, the plug-in will use a mild-parallel hybrid drive—Odyne’s first implementation of such—with a robust battery pack. According to Roger Slotkin, Odyne’s CEO, the…