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 ...

US battery maker Proterra and multinational Komatsu partnered in January 2021 to develop electric mid-sized hydraulic excavators, and today they announced that Komatsu’s first 20-ton class lithium-ion ...

Electric farm equipment is gaining ground as electric motors power tractors, UTVs and forklifts with lower maintenance, ...

John Deere will showcase a variety of sustainably-focused construction solutions with alternative power options at CONEXPO 2023. These offerings provide customers with an innovative and eco-friendly ...

The field of electrical machines and drives forms the cornerstone of modern energy conversion, transforming electrical energy into mechanical power for a vast range of applications—from electric ...

Electric-powered equipment has been adjacent to construction for some time. Electric machines are a common sight in mining, while indoor loading and material-handling equipment have long relied on ...

When a 40-foot container rolled up to my property and the doors swung open, I finally got to meet a machine I’d only last seen half-finished on a factory floor in China. Sitting up front, nose ...

Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa have designed a new gravity energy storage system, based on linear electric machines (LEM), that could be used in decommissioned mines. “The ...

“Analysis of Electric Machinery and Drive Systems” covers the concepts needed to understand the evolution of electrical and magnetic variables for designing the power-electronic circuits that supply ...

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 ...

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 ...