More and more of your customers are asking for electric machines. But developing your own drive system costs years and serious money – in a field that isn't your core business.
There's a shorter route.
DEUTZ NewTech builds electric drive systems and battery systems for off-highway machines: excavators, wheel loaders, cranes, municipal vehicles. More than 300 are already at work. Behind them stand over 160 years of DEUTZ drive experience and a series production line at our Ulm plant. So you're not buying a concept. You're buying a product that gets built and runs.
You build the machine. We'll supply the electric drive.
An electric drive is more than a motor
Battery, motor, controls, software and cooling all have to fit together. Only then do performance, safety and cost add up. We supply the complete system: sized for your machine, installed in your vehicle, supported through to series.
What we offer:
- High-voltage battery systems – LFP and NMC, modular and freely combinable
- Electric drive systems – complete drives, from municipal vehicles to over 500 kW
- Vehicle Conversion – converting existing machines to battery, hybrid or hydrogen
- BESS – Battery Energy Storage Systems – battery storage for sites, ports or buildings
Behind that sits the worldwide DEUTZ AG service network – trained on electric systems, and present wherever your machines work.
So you can move into electrification without starting from scratch – with systems certified for your machine and your target market.
Cologne
Headquarters and Battery Lab
Aachen
Battery Management (BMU) and Software
Ulm
(Series) production of batteries
Oss (NL)
Research, Development, and Vehicle Conversion
The battery decides what your machine can do. That's why we offer two cell chemistries – and help you pick the one that suits your duty cycle.
LFP (lithium iron phosphate) is rugged, thermally very stable and takes a great many charge cycles. The first choice for machines that charge daily and need a long life.
NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) stores more energy per kilogram and per litre. The first choice when space or weight is tight.
Both platforms are modular, so they grow with your application. Cooling and heating are built in – which is why the performance holds up in a frosty start at dawn just as well as in continuous duty at 40 °C.
Our electric drive systems cover a wide field: from compact municipal vehicles through construction and agricultural machinery to heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
Power, efficiency and installation space add up – on new vehicles just as much as on conversions. Take a look at what we can put together for your application.
Vehicle Conversion
Not every machine has to be redesigned to get cleaner. We convert the drive of existing vehicles and machines: to battery, to hybrid or to hydrogen.
We take on the whole conversion: we select the right technology, install the driveline, adapt the software, validate the system and take it through to series. Our conversion kits are built to fit the existing installation space. So you don't have to redesign your machine.
The systems we install are available in series. We start with a prototype for your machine. Once it runs, we move into series together – from a modest minimum quantity.
Existing vehicle or new platform: conversion is the fast, affordable way in. You save development time, lower your risk – and get a solution that fits your machine exactly.
A BESS is a large battery store. It can travel or stay put: on site, in intralogistics, at the port, or anywhere power is only needed for a while.
A BESS runs emission-free and quietly at the point of use – unlike a diesel genset. It absorbs peak loads and charges your machines even where the grid connection is too small for the job. It's at its strongest alongside our electric drives and high-voltage batteries.
KNOWLEDGE HUB
We work on off-highway machines. That includes construction and agricultural machinery, material handling vehicles, municipal vehicles, intralogistics and port fleets, and mobile power supply.
Our system kit is modular. So we electrify the compact municipal vehicle and the road sweeper just as readily as excavators, wheel loaders, cranes and applications above 500 kW. You don't get something off the shelf – you get something that fits your duty cycle.
We're involved from the first concept through to series. We size the electric driveline, select the right battery technology, settle the interfaces, and handle the mechanical and electrical installation in your vehicle.
Software, the safety concept and extensive testing come with it. The result: less time spent, less money spent, and considerably less technical risk on your side.
We always start with a prototype – a one-off, by definition. The question of series only comes up after that.
Every application needs its own sizing, validation and release. That effort happens once, whether one vehicle follows or fifty. So for series work we start at around 20 vehicles a year.
Below that? Talk to us anyway. We'll take a proper look at your case.
Yes – but not in a blanket way, because there's no one certificate that covers every case. Which standards, tests and approvals apply depends on your machine, how it's used and which market you're selling into.
So we establish first what your application actually needs, and cut the certification to fit. You get the system with the right evidence behind it – and us alongside you on the way there.
With electric systems too, you benefit from the worldwide DEUTZ AG service network. Our service partners are trained specifically on the electric applications in question. They help with commissioning, diagnostics, maintenance and after-sales. That keeps your machines available – on whichever continent they're standing.
Electric motor, inverter, high-voltage battery, control unit and software – all matched to each other. Add to that the safety systems, the cooling, and our support with installation and testing.
So what you get is a finished system. It can be scaled to size and fitted into your existing vehicle platform.
