Not every off-highway application can be fully electrified economically. Long operating times, high continuous loads or missing charging infrastructure are often a limit for a pure battery drive.
Hybrid systems move that limit. They combine the power and range of a proven DEUTZ combustion engine with the benefits of electric drive – quieter, more efficient, lower-emission, without depending on a charging point. For construction and agricultural machinery, material handling and special vehicles.
Your benefits at a glance
- Higher overall efficiency and lower fuel consumption
- Extra electric power for load peaks
- Longer operating times with no charging break
- Less emissions and noise – good for city centres, indoor halls and night work
- Downsizing: a smaller combustion engine at the same system power
- Series-ready and from a single source, including worldwide DEUTZ service for diesel and electrification components
Two hybrid concepts, one solution for your application
Every machine makes its own demands. So we offer two concepts – you choose the one that fits your duty profile.
Range Extender
Power on board – for maximum operating time
The range extender generates its own power. A proven DEUTZ combustion engine drives a generator and charges the high-voltage battery of the electric drive when needed – for instance once a defined state of charge is reached. At the same time, it supplies other electrical consumers.
That makes long operating times possible without depending on battery capacity or charging infrastructure alone.
Ideal for
- Machines with long operating times
- Applications with limited charging infrastructure
- High, continuous energy demand
Technical highlights
- Combustion engines: DEUTZ TCD 2.2, 2.9, 3.6, 4.0 and 5.2+
- Continuous power: up to 250+ kW
- Peak power: up to 400+ kW
- Voltage level: 400 V or 800 V system
- Battery capacity: 40 to well over 400 kWh
- Integration: as a powerpack solution for easy installation
Parallel Hybrid
Extra power exactly when it's needed
In the parallel hybrid, the combustion engine and electric motor work together. Depending on the application, one carries the main load while the other cuts in as needed – to absorb load peaks, raise performance or cut consumption.
That lowers fuel consumption and emissions while raising performance and productivity at the same time.
Ideal for
- Dynamic load profiles
- Frequent load peaks
- Applications with changing operating states
Technical highlights
- Combustion engines: DEUTZ TCD 2.2, 2.9, 3.6, 4.0 and 5.2+
- System power: up to 900+ kW
- Operating modes: optionally with a clutch: combustion engine and electric motor run together continuously, or are engaged individually
- Design: modular system concept, flexible to integrate
Why hybrid with DEUTZ NewTech?
More than an engine – an integrated drive system
We don't develop individual components, we develop complete hybrid drive systems: combustion engine, electric motor, high-voltage battery, power electronics, controls and software – matched to each other into one overall system.
From the first concept to integration in your machine, we're with you: engineering, software, validation and support through to series readiness.
Yourbenefits
A single point of contact for the whole system
Proven DEUTZ engine technology combined with state-of-the-art electrification
Individually tuned software and control (VCU/PCU)
Strong integrationexpertise
The worldwide DEUTZ AG service network
Typical applications
Our hybrid systems come into their own where long operating times meet high power demands:
Construction and earthmovingmachinery
Agriculturalmachinery
Material handling
Municipal vehicles
Special and mobile workingmachines
From idea to series readiness
A hybrid drive is more than the sum of a combustion engine and an electric motor. What matters is how all the components work together – and we're with you across the whole development process:
Selecting the right hybrid concept
Sizing the overall system
Integration intoyourvehicleplatform
Developing bespoke software and control
Testing and validation
Support through to seriesreadiness
Planning a hybrid machine? Let's develop the right drive concept together.
KNOWLEDGE HUB
Especially with long operating times, dynamic load profiles or limited charging infrastructure. A hybrid combines the benefits of electric drive with the range and flexibility of a combustion engine.
In a range extender, the combustion engine generates electrical energy for the driveline or battery – it doesn't drive the machine directly. In a parallel hybrid, the combustion engine and electric motor drive the machine together and provide extra system power when needed.
Our hybrid solutions are based on the proven DEUTZ TCD 2.2, 2.9, 3.6, 4.0 and 5.2+ engines, combined with state-of-the-art electric drive technology.
Yes. Our hybrid solutions suit new vehicle platforms as well as vehicle conversion projects. Together we analyse your application and develop the right integration concept.
It's a central part of every hybrid system. Its sizing follows the application – the intended main drive (electric or combustion engine), the load profile, the operating times and the power demand. We develop the right system architecture together with you and offer modular battery systems in LFP or NMC technology. More on our high-voltagebattery systems page.