Electrification

CNH has inaugurated the production line for the new electric compact wheel loader at its plant in Lecce, Italy. The model, conceived and designed in the Puglia plant's R&D centre, will be marketed under the CASE and New Holland...

Komatsu has developed a concept machine for an electric forklift powered by sodium-ion batteries and has started Proof-of-Concept (PoC) tests at customer worksites in March 2024. This marks Komatsu’s inaugural venture into equipping machines with sodium-ion batteries and it is...

Off-highway machines – such as excavators and tractors – are some of the largest and most powerful machines in the world, requiring huge amounts of power and generating vast amounts of pollution per machine. Manufacturers of off-highway machinery have...

Caterpillar has signed an electrification strategic agreement with CRH, an aggregates producer, to advance the deployment of its zero-exhaust emissions solutions. The agreement is focused on accelerating the deployment of Caterpillar’s 70 to 100-ton-class battery electric off-highway trucks and...

Volvo Trucks launched its customer-focused Turnkey Solutions program, a consolidated fleet management process for procuring vendor services, parts, and products for electric vehicle (EV) charging, in addition to outlook planning for incentives, installation, and interfacing with utility companies to streamline...

eFuels Alliance is a Germany-based organization committed to the worldwide promotion and expansion of e-fuel production capabilities and their widespread application. The goal of the company is advancing and intensifying the production of synthetic carbon-neutral fuels. Last week, the...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) brought its industry leading display of sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) Celebration of Construction on the National Mall event in Washington DC on May 14-16. By...

LiuGong North America has sold its first battery electric vehicle in the United States, the 856H-E MAX Wheel Loader, to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. Sanitation Districts officials said the purchase from Warrior Machinery, a LiuGong dealership based in...

DEUTZ will be at CONEXPO at Booth S84029. DEUTZ will be presenting its latest developments in the field of sustainable drive systems at the CONEXPO construction equipment fair in Las Vegas. Under the banner of ‘We ensure the world keeps...

JCB will be at CONEXPO at Booth S83751 (South Hall 2nd Level). JCB’S £100 million project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines was given its international debut at one of the world’s biggest construction equipment fairs. The wraps came off the...