# Rolls-Royce acquires exclusive rights to electrically assisted charging technology from G+L innotec

Rolls-Royce has acquired from G+L innotec the exclusive rights to a patented technology for electrically assisted charging of off-highway combustion engines above 450 kW. Rolls-Royce plans to offer MTU-brand engines with this technology as of 2021.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-09-26
- Where: Laupheim, Germany, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: electrically assisted charging technology for engines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Rolls-Royce](https://endata.com/companies/984.md)
- [G+L innotec](https://endata.com/companies/27124.md) (target)

## Sources

- [scandoil.com](http://www.scandoil.com/moxie-bm2/news/mergers_acquisitions/rolls-royce-acquires-technology-for-the-electrical.shtml), 2017-09-26: "Electrically assisted charging is a milestone on the way to the hybridising of the engine."

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