Liebherr has announced its first crawler excavator powered by a hydrogen combustion engine,.
The R9XX H2 is based on Liebherr’s generation 8 crawler excavators.
The 50-ton R9XX H2 prototype debuted at Bauma in Munich, Germany.
The Liebherr R9XX H2 is powered by the hydrogen H966 engine which is based on an intake manifold injection technology.
Caterpillar has announced the development of 48V, 300V and 600V batteries for the off-highway machines.
Cat says the lithium-ion technology features a modular design with reuse and recycling as part of the features.
The development program also includes inverters, motors, electronic controls, digital services and other technologies.
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Boston officials passed a measure to ban fossil fuels used in new construction projects, as part of the state's fuel ban pilot program, signaling another step towards the ever-increasing effort by climate activists to stop the climate from changing. The measure would prevent construction companies from using machines that burn diesel fuel .
New
Electric powered machines are starting to pop up on worksites everywhere as part of the world's effort to thwart the end of civilization as we know it. While some people wake up and go to bed fretting over predictions of impending doom in the next twelve years, the rest of us are concerned about one thing, working.
Machine owners want their machines to
In the continued attempt to save the world from certain destruction from Global Warming/Climate Change, many states are now passing legislation to ban natural gas in new building construction.
This is definitely causing a stir, and putting some construction companies in precarious situations.
These bans on natural gas hookups in new buildings are
