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Morrison-Knudsen spun-off the division in 1993; it became a publicly traded company in 1994. After Morrison-Knudsen's bankruptcy in 1996, MK Rail renamed itself "MotivePower Industries", doing business as "Boise Locomotive". The company merged with Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) in November 1999 [2] to form the Wabtec. [3]
The directors of the SA Electric Light and Motive Power company were based in London, [3] and in the same year, assisted by Wheadon, the English Brush Electrical Engineering Company [5] along with the Electric Lighting and Traction Company of Australia, which had interests in Victoria, bought the company, with all of its assets. [3]
Then, in 2013, Motiv partnered with New York company Trans Tech to create an electric school bus for the Kings Canyon Unified School District, which went into service in March 2014. The school district paid Motiv $230,000 for two "SST-e" Type A buses, with two more to follow. The buses can travel 80–100 miles, and carry 18–25 students each.
Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) is a technology company that creates software used by truck companies. Its main product is Hours of Service monitoring using GPS tracking and dashcams . [ 5 ] [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
Motive power may refer to: In thermodynamics, natural agents such as water or steam, wind or electricity, that do work; In mechanics, the mechanical energy associated with the motion and position of an object; In physics, a synonym for power; In mechanical engineering, the source of mechanical power of a propulsion system; It may also refer to:
Their nearest competitor was the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), who had produced diesel-electric switch engines since the mid-1920s, provided motive power for the Rebel streamliner trainsets in 1935, and started production of development design locomotives to compete with the E-units in 1939.
A South African company with lead based solutions for reserve and motive power customers that was acquired in October 2011. Energy Leader Batteries Ltd. Acquired in March 2012, this Indian based company was a producer of reserve and motive power batteries. [6] Purcell Systems
The MPI MP14B is a low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive built by MotivePower.It is powered by two Cummins QSK19C I6 engines with each one developing 700 horsepower (522 kW) and creating a total power output of 1,400 horsepower (1,040 kW).