Alternative Propulsion of Off Road Vehicles

Abstract

The appliance of alternative propulsions on off road vehicles presents a very popular topic nowadays. Global rise in the price of fossil fuel and the actual global economic crysis contribute even more to the importance of their appliance. Due to a wide area of off road vehicle usage, from agriculture to mining industry, ascertainment of an acceptable and low cost solution of alternative propulsion would significantly reduce the needs for fossil fuel. This paper presents actual solutions of alternative propultion, which are: - Electrical and - Hybrid, as well as some particular solutions and examples of their practical usage on agricultural working machines and military vehicles. It should be noted that alternative propulsions are more and more used for road motor vehicles, which shows the manufacturers’ interest and their more often appearances in the market of serial models with alternative propulsion.

Primena alternativnih pogona na vanputnim vozilima, danas u Svetu, predstavlja veoma aktuelnu temu. Globalno poskupljenje fosilnih goriva i aktuelna Svetska ekonomska kriza još više doprinose važnosti primene alternativnih pogona. Usled široke oblasti primene vanputnih vozila, od poljoprivrede do rudarstva, iznalaženjem prihvatljivog i jeftinog rešenja alternativnog pogona znatno bi se smanjile potrebe za upotrebom fosilnih goriva. U ovom radu su predstavljena aktuelna rešenja alternativnih pogona i to: - Električnih i - Hibridnih, kao i neka konkretna rešenja i primeri njihove praktične primene na poljoprivrednim i radnim mašinama i vojnim vozilima. Treba reći da su alternativni pogoni sve više zastupljeni i u oblasti drumskih motornih vozila, što pokazuje zainteresovanost proizvođača i sve češće pojavljivanje na tržištu serijskih modela sa alternativnim pogonom.