OEMs in the electric drive industry must consider what battery size is needed as early as possible in the design process to avoid costly customizations or alterations. This compilation of frequently ...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announces it plans to introduce three new electric powered compact machines. These will include the: L20 Electric compact wheel loader EC18 Electric compact ...

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 ...

One of the trends I saw at APEC 2013 this year was a move away from full –blown DSP/high level processor control to a “keep it simple” state-machine, less powerful, but lower power control solution ...