A HOST OF EARTHMOVING AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINES APPEARED IN ELECTRIC AND HYBRID GUISE AT BAUMA THIS YEAR. WILL THIS MUDDY THE WATERS OR IS IT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME? Now that compliance with what we all hope will be the final stage of engine emissions regulations has been largely achieved, or at least a course of action decided upon, it seems that we are at long last beginning to see a bit more 'real' innovation at exhibitions once again. And if Bauma 2016 was anything to go by, it seems that most of it took the form of electric and hybrid vehicles - some from OEMs with history in that sector, and some from very surprising sources indeed.
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