E-machines are still super niche, but battery power is carving out an important work zone around urban, indoor, and noise-sensitive projects. Electric construction equipment is here — but still niche, ...

Electrification of equipment is not new, as the industry has seen decades of electric technology in mining, as well as the hybrid diesel-electric dozers, wheel loaders, excavators, and MEWPs on job ...

Over the past several years, manufacturers have teased battery electric compact machine prototypes at major industry shows. But until very recently, the availability of actual production machines was ...

Construction equipment is estimated to generate around 400 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year, representing roughly 1.1% of global emissions. Consequently, decarbonization of non-road mobile ...

Research firm says cost savings and quieter work environment among factors boosting sales of electric-powered construction sector equipment. On the job site, noise pollution reduction is one of ...

The electric off-highway equipment market presents significant opportunities driven by decarbonization efforts and ...

Battery-powered hand tools now own the fix-it market. Yard equipment has its cell sights set on suburbia. Farm country, however, requires a much higher threshold of reliability. That isn’t slowing ...

Volvo CE has been eyeing the replacement of diesel-belching heavy machinery with battery-electric models for a number of years, previously testing vehicles in Sweden and Paris. For the last year or so ...

When most people think about electric vehicles, they have in mind Teslas, Chevy Bolts or perhaps a Rivian pickup truck. The EV that Kareem Gad is helping create can dig an 8-foot-deep hole and wield a ...

The ZQuip modular energy solution converts diesel-powered construction fleets into zero-emissions machines that create all-electric job sites. The ZQuip energy kit includes: · 70- and 140-kWh Energy ...

Volvo Group’s construction equipment division announced that it began deliveries of its first electric construction machinery to customers. It’s an important step toward electrifying construction ...