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From strengthening the economy by getting goods to market faster to reducing truck emissions by up to 50%, Parker know-how in the transportation industry helps keep our world moving. It's part of our continued commitment to enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.
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Trends Driving Innovation in Transportation
Certain trends will impact the transportation industry’s major segments, including truck/bus, automotive, marine and rail. Emissions standards, electrification, smart/connected vehicles, and autonomous vehicles are some key developments that will alter the way the industry advances and influence how engineers approach their work.
Emissions regulation is trending. There are rounds scheduled in the U.S. in 2021 and 2024 to further reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption in trucks/buses. In addition to converting from diesel to electric, OEMs look for ways to reduce weight and improve aerodynamics.
Europe and Asia have the most advanced rail systems, including high speed and autonomous trains, as well as modern electric trains. The U.S. lags, largely because most passenger travel is by air or car. A key U.S. trend is positive train control (PTC), an automated safety system.
The International Maritime Organization has mandated reductions in greenhouse gas by 2030. Ships that burn fossil fuels will have to buy more-expensive low-carbon fuels or install exhaust cleaning systems. Other ships already are retrofitting to run on liquified natural gas.
Advances in electric vehicle battery technology are boosting how far cars can travel on a full charge. Other trends include 5G connectivity and ridesharing. Fully autonomous vehicles, though, are still years away from widescale adoption.
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Transportation Trend Highlights
Trends within transportation’s specific concentrations of marine, automotive, rail and truck/bus are rapidly evolving. These changes will influence how engineers approach their work.
The Power of Partnerships
At Parker, we’ve defined our purpose as Enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. It’s at the core of everything we do. Now more than ever our planet requires it. But we can’t achieve our purpose alone. We can only work toward it in close collaboration with our customers. Working together is in our collective DNA. That’s how we build relationships. And that’s how we’ve built our company.
Yes, in order to solve complex engineering challenges, engineers must work in partnership. To find the best solutions, and to commercialize those solutions quickly. Parker is an organization of engineers. But engineers are people first. People who happen to be very good at solving problems. People who want to make the world a much better place. So, our engineers work shoulder to shoulder with OEMs to help find solutions to their design challenges, providing specialized expertise in motion and control technology as well as application know-how. In fact, we’ve found that the earlier our partners bring us into the process, the faster and more efficiently we answer the challenge. This can be particularly valuable as OEM engineers with years of experience retire and younger engineers replace them. Parker engineers can step in and help fill the knowledge gap, providing needed engineering continuity.
In addition, Parker offers its partners innovative and reliable components and sub-systems across a broad range of technology platforms, delivered consistently and on-time, across town or across the globe. This helps ensure that our OEM partners are as productive and profitable as possible. This is how a Parker partnership works.
As engineers, we share your passion for making things work better. And constantly improving on them. So, our partnership doesn’t end when your product ships. We continue to work with you to monitor and optimize equipment performance, reduce downtime, streamline your supply chain, and make our partnership even stronger.
Learn more about Parker’s purpose: Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs That Lead To a Better Tomorrow.
Blog: Driving Advancements in Technology
Read recent blogs from Parker's application experts and stay up-to-date on transportation industry trends and the latest technology.
Overcoming Challenges of Fully Autonomous Vehicles
As the automotive industry moves toward more automated, connected vehicles, engineers are challenged to identify technologies that can process and transfer large volumes of data in real time without adding significantly to the price of the vehicle.
Improving Efficiency of Diesel Truck & Bus Fleets
Find various ways to improve diesel efficiency and reduce emissions as industry trends toward sustainable fleet adoption accelerate. The ability to make these innovations affordable, safe, and sustainable is key.
Improving Efficiency of Desalination Systems
New desalination techniques focus largely on space efficiency and energy recovery. Innovative system designs are facilitating desalination not only on marine vessels, but also in portable containers used for disaster relief.
Efficiently Powering High-Speed Electric Railways
As railways are increasing their focus on electrification to reach higher speeds and meet newer environmental mandates, the race is on to identify technologies that support the higher speeds while limiting energy usage.
Changing the Impact of Electric Car Batteries
Growth of electric vehicles depends on the market’s ability to build batteries that cost less, weigh less, charge faster and run longer. Alternative designs are meeting these challenges.
Addressing Truck, Bus Electrification Challenges
Learn how enhanced battery technologies are needed now more than ever to drive major advancements in truck and bus electrification.
Hybridization & Electrification in Marine Industry
Electrification of marine equipment improves the performance of ships, primarily in terms of energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. Learn more.
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