The rise of battery-powered construction equipment has been a slow-but-steady trend over the last few years as manufacturers look to hit carbon-reduction and net-zero targets in the coming decades. And fossil fuel-free equipment is going to be a major trend to watch for at the 2023 CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show, to be held in Las Vegas, Mar. 14-18. Some of the construction equipment industry's biggest players will be rolling out their battery-powered machines for the U.S. market. From ambitious prototypes to commercially available machines, this CONEXPO is going to be electric. Bobcat will exhibit its all-electric T7X compact track loader and also show its battery-electric excavators, including the E10e, E19e and E32e. This is the first North American equipment show where these machines will be exhibited following the T7X's introduction at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2022 [ENR 4/4/22, p.77]. Designed in cooperation with Moog Construction, the T7X features battery power and electronic actua- tors, which replace the CTL's conventional hydraulic systems for finer control and greater efficiency.
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