Caterpillar has unveiled a fully - electric excavator with a 300 kWh battery pack , which aims to reduce vibration and noise pollution in the automotive industry . Weighing 750 mt , it is believed to be the first excavator of such a size to be converted to run on electricity . hp , which manufactures the equipment in collaboration with Pon technologies , 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.