Adorning the front cover of the latest MTU Report is an unusual-looking flower. The image stands for a lot more than a welcome sign of summer. The flower in question is a hybrid, a cross between the rose and the ornamental leek. The result is the leek rose, which has not yet been given a botanical classification. With its own hybrids, MTU is already a step ahead. Just how far ahead is the subject of the leading article in this issue of MTU Report.
Cross-fertilization
As yet the MTU hybrid systems are tender seedlings, but they will develop into full flower before too long. Testing of hybrid systems for yachts and trains is to start soon.
Eternal pulling power of the diesel
A trip through 175 years of German railways stopping at every point where MTU engines played a role.
Interview
Rail Director, Dr. Rüdiger Grube, talks about past and future rail developments.
Booming Bharat
Dump trucks powered by MTU engines are et to substantially increase the productivity of the operations of an Indian coal mine.
On air
Remote Services make it possible to monitor engines from a distance and so prevent faults.
Watts wanted
The football World Cup was followed by millions of TV viewers across the world. In some developing countries MTU Onsite Energy gensets supplied the electricity they needed to watch the games.
Energy triumvirate
MTU Onsite Energy supplies energy generation systems based on diesel engines, fuel cells and gas engines. Now, for the first time, all three technologies are in use on a single site.
When the going gets tough
An electricity genset specially developed for the oil and gas industry makes oil extraction easier.
No lightweights
The increasing amount of armor they carry means that light military vehicles are light in name only. And that means their MTU engines have to be more powerful.
Electric blue
Wind energy is booming. But erecting offshore wind farms requires the use of specialized craft.
Porsche design meets MTU power
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MTU Onsite Energy