Caterpillar has unveiled a fully-electric excavator with a 300 kWh battery pack, which aims to reduce air and noise pollution in the construction industry. The new model is called the Caterpillar’s Electric Excavator, or CEE, and it will be available for purchase from 2018 onwards. Caterpillar, which developed the equipment in collaboration with Pon Equipment, claims it can operate for up to seven hours at a time, with the product then recharged overnight.
Caterpillar has unveiled a fully-electric excavator with a 300 kWh battery pack, which aims to reduce air and noise pollution in the construction industry. Weighing 26 mt, it is believed to be the first excavator of such a size to be converted to run on electricity. Caterpillar, which developed the equipment in collaboration with Pon Equipment, claims it can operate for up to seven hours at a time, with the product then recharged overnight.