E-quipment highlight: wreck stuff anywhere with CASE TL100EV [video]
E-quipment highlight: wreck stuff anywhere with CASE TL100EV [video]

CASE’s new TL100EV mini track loader is finally reaching real-world customers, and they’re putting it to work in some of the industry’s most demanding applications – from low-emission zones and no-drip job sites and noise-sensitive locations. Even indo…

CAT puts century-old train tech to work in new, heavier electric drive dozer
CAT puts century-old train tech to work in new, heavier electric drive dozer

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open spaces for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency diesel engines spinning up generators to power high-torque electric motors has proven tough…

New, 50-ton Volvo EC500 Electric excavator never needs charging
New, 50-ton Volvo EC500 Electric excavator never needs charging

Volvo designed the 50-ton class EC500 Electric to deliver the same performance as the diesel-powered EC500 the brand’s customers know and love – but saying that is one thing. Proving it? That’s another thing, entirely.

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E-quipment highlight: BLUETTI Pioneer 5000 E-Generator
E-quipment highlight: BLUETTI Pioneer 5000 E-Generator

BLUETTI says its new Pioneer 5000 E-Generator is built for the “Next Generation of Real Work,” as the brand expands into professional job site power delivery with a battery-backed and noise-free alternative to conventional ICE-powered generators.

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LiuGong brings electric heavy equipment options to North America [video]
LiuGong brings electric heavy equipment options to North America [video]

This week, Chinese equipment brand LiuGong officially launched its battery-electric equipment and material handling asset portfolio in the United States and Canada, making it easier than ever for construction and forestry crews to decarbonize their fle…

Electric equipment means MASSIVE fuel savings for this operator
Electric equipment means MASSIVE fuel savings for this operator

This heavy equipment operator put seven, 20-ton battery electric wheel loaders and dozers from Chinese equipment brand XCMG to work for combined 17,370 (!) hours last year, and realized an “astonishing” cost savings.

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Caterpillar BEPU makes going electric as easy as swapping an engine
Caterpillar BEPU makes going electric as easy as swapping an engine

The new Battery Electric Power Unit (BEPU) from Caterpillar is a plug-and-play solution that can directly replace a diesel CAT engine in existing machines – occupying the same space, and even using the same motor mounts to make the conversion from dies…

Brokk brings Ecovolve EL500 electric mini loader to the US
Brokk brings Ecovolve EL500 electric mini loader to the US

Designed to work in tight, noise-sensitive environments while carrying up to 500 kg (~1,100 lbs.) for a full shift, the Ecovolve EL500 is a uniquely competent and capable electric equipment option that can make it through a conventional man door – and …

Volvo CE, Hitachi Energy set to partner on zero emission job sites
Volvo CE, Hitachi Energy set to partner on zero emission job sites

Volvo CE and Hitachi Energy have signed an MOU to support and accelerate the deployment of battery electric construction equipment powered by a clean, renewable energy supply that’s backed by intelligent energy storage and management.

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Fortescue Nabrawind deploy first crane-less wind turbine in Africa
Fortescue Nabrawind deploy first crane-less wind turbine in Africa

Fortescue‘s recently-acquired turbine subsidiary Nabrawind has done something that was believed to be impossible: they’ve installed a full-scale, energy producing wind turbine in harsh Namibian conditions using a new, crane-less deployment process.