Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - December 2024 - 2

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL
Bauma the big one in 2025
December is a good time to reflect on
the past year - to celebrate successes
and consider opportunities for improvement
- but it is also an opportune time
to look to the future. As I think about the
year ahead and appraise the tradeshow
landscape that'll provide significant content
for this magazine, mobilityengineeringtech.com,
our e-newsletters and other
multimedia products, none is bigger
than Bauma in Munich, Germany, particularly
in terms of the global construction
and mining vehicle industries.
The triennial event will cover an area
that's equivalent to 86 soccer fields,
according to Stefan Rummel, CEO of
Messe München GmbH. Speaking to the
press during an October virtual preview
of Bauma 2025, which
takes place from April 7-13,
Rummel said that the
number of exhibitors -
expected to be about
3,600 - will be closer to
the 2019 event versus the
post-COVID-19 edition that
was pushed back from its
usual spring timeslot to the fall of 2022.
" We are experiencing very strong
demand, " Rummel said. He noted that
some key exhibitors are back after sitting
out the post-pandemic Bauma,
including Volvo, Deutz, CNH and
LiuGong. Some notable first-time exhibitors
include Fortescue, Sandvik and
Gravis Robotics, a Switzerland-based
developer of autonomous excavators.
Key topics at Bauma will include climate
neutrality, alternative drive systems,
networked and sustainable construction,
and the " mining challenge "
- namely, how to secure all the raw
materials necessary for batteries, motors
and myriad technologies in various
industries but with as minimal impact
on the environment as possible.
Electrification will be a major focus
for many exhibiting companies. Asked
which global markets are leading in this
area, Joachim Schmid, managing director,
construction equipment and plant
2 December 2024
engineering and managing director of
mining at VDMA, said that Northern
Europe and the UK can be mentioned in
the underground mining sector. " For
open-pit mining, it is clearly Australia,
where there have been trolley solutions
before and where Liebherr has now
launched an innovation with Fortescue
in battery-electric technology, " Schmid
said. (See page 23 for Liebherr/
Fortescue's latest battery-electric and
autonomous developments.)
For the construction sector, VDMA
The internal
combustion
engine doesn't
have to be a
CO2
disaster.
currently sees the strongest market
penetration in Northern Europe (especially
Norway) and the Netherlands.
" More and more battery-electric machines
are coming from China, especially
beyond the compact
sector. However, market
penetration there is still
quite low, " Schmid said.
Other CO2
-neutral propulsion
systems will be
necessary as well. " Bigger
machines need a lot of
energy - you cannot build
the battery packs that big " for some
applications, Schmid said. " In our industry,
we will need the full range of possibilities.
We'll have the internal combustion
engine, but it doesn't have to
be a CO2
disaster. Now we can run them
with e-fuels, for example, that are produced
from green hydrogen, so it's climate
neutral. We also can run them
directly with hydrogen. There's also the
fuel cell, which in certain cases would
be the best solution. The best technology
will find the way, and bear in mind,
it all will be CO2
neutral. "
In 2025, stay tuned for content detailing
all these technology trends - and
more - covered not only from the ground
in Munich but throughout North America
and elsewhere. If the developments and
progress of the past few years are any
indication, it's sure to be a fascinating 12
months ahead for the various commercial
and off-highway vehicle sectors.
Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-Chief
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